Today, he announced that the unusual unrest and ethnic violence which also marked last month had killed nearly 90 of his citizens. In August 2018, he successfully reconciled two factions of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the largest religious group in Ethiopia. The Tewahedo church comprises 40 percent of Ethiopia’s population and has more than 45 million followers, according to the World Christian Database. Half a million people chanted: “May there be peace, peace, peace for Ethiopia.”Just a week before Meskel, tens of millions of people marched across the nation. These ruptures have existed for generations.”Protesters also denounced efforts to divide the Tewahedo church along ethnic lines.

Source: Ethiopian News November 04, 2019 20:48 UTC