Facebook Twitter Pinterest Genet Asefa, a 25-year-old in Gedeb town, who was forced from her home in West Guji with her six children last year. On at least two occasions since last April the government has carried out what observers considered involuntary and premature returns to West Guji. According to an official tally, 19,014 Gedeos arrived back in West Guji last week. According to Gedeo authorities, as many as 500,000 IDPs are expected to return to West Guji; their counterparts in West Guji, meanwhile, say they are expecting only 40,000. The last census, held in 2007, found 14% of the wider West Guji zone were Gedeo, and 79% Oromo.

Source: Ethiopian News May 15, 2019 06:00 UTC