More than four thousand five hundred people were arrested in the Amhara region by the end of May. A high positioned person has just informed me that 44 billion birr infrastructure spending in one year in the Oromia region vs almost nothing in Amhara region. A source at the National Bank also told me two years ago: in order to finance agriculture mechanization, Amhara region was given $22 million hard currency while Oromo region was given $600 million. Ethnic apartheid and Internal ColonialismThe system may be characterized as an embodiment of Ethnic apartheid manifested in the form of Internal Colonialism. Aklog Birara (July 28, 2019) accurately captured the consequences of grand lies, ignorance, misinformation, and false narratives on and targeted attack against the Amhara ethnic group.

Source: Washington Post July 25, 2022 22:36 UTC