“The task of building lasting peace requires that all citizens add their responsibility,” the state minister is cited as saying. He added that “conflicts happening in Ethiopia are tarnishing the long history of the country and its image. One of the damages that ethnic politics did was that the past – where there was legal infrastructure for or interest in ethnic politics – was demonized while ethnic politics is painted as an expression of “freedom and self-governance.” Now there are voices, albeit not powerful, that are glorifying Ethiopian history. Mulugeta Itefa, Board Chairperson of Ethiopia’s Peace Institute, said, as cited by ENA, “Our Ethiopian forefathers have given us a country whose independence was defended. Human Rights Organizations accuse the Ethiopian government of extrajudicial killing hundreds of civilians in the region and drone strikes but the government denies it.

Source: Ethiopian News March 12, 2024 23:16 UTC