In Ethiopia’s Gambella region, a June attack on the capital by a rebel group, the Oromo Liberation Army, has raised fears of more civil war spreading in the country. VOA spoke to local officials and analysts about what’s behind the violence and what it could mean for Ethiopia’s security. Analysts say it is the first time the Oromo conflict, a decades-old fight among local, federal forces and ethnic Oromo rebels, has reached Gambella city. The rapid uptick in violence in what Human Rights Watch calls Ethiopia’s “other conflict” has led some to question if it constitutes a second civil war for the country. Asked if the conflict is as significant as Ethiopia’s headline-grabbing war with Tigrayan rebels in the north of the country, Davison said that it is a conflict in its own right.

Source: Ethiopian News September 10, 2022 20:57 UTC