The conflict in
Konso
Konso (also known as Karati) is a town on the Sagan River in south-western Ethiopia. The administrative center of the Konso special woreda of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of and ...
is part of a series of ethnic-based violence in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
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UN OCHA reported that its Early warning department of
SNNPR
The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR; am, የደቡብ ብሔር ብሔረሰቦችና ሕዝቦች ክልል, Yädäbub Bḥer Bḥeräsäbočna Hzboč Kllə) is a regional state in southwestern E ...
categorized Konso as a priority hot spot area. Repeated conflict and the issue of adverse weather exacerbated the existing humanitarian crisis in the Zone. Interpersonal ethnic violence are deepening into serious human rights violations and suffering, with the
ethnic federalism system that drew formal administrative divisions with regional boundaries falling along ethnic lines.
Background and events of the Konso conflict
This is the background for some southern ethnic habitation since the 1990s and the timeline of the Konso conflict.
See also
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Human rights in Ethiopia
According to the U.S. Department of State's human rights report for 2004 and similar sources, the Ethiopian government's human rights "remained poor; although there were improvements, serious problems remained". The report listed numerous cases ...
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Ethnic violence against Amaro Koore
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Democratic backsliding in Ethiopia
Democratic backsliding in Ethiopia is ongoing, most notably under the administration of Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Since assumption of power in April 2018, Ahmed has played crucial role of reforms in the Politics of Ethi ...
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Gambela massacre
The Gambela Massacre was a three-day-long massacre in the city of Gambela (city), Gambela targeting Anuak people in December of 2003. The massacre perpetrated by the Ethiopian National Defense Force, ENDF and "highlander" militias after an ambush ...
References
{{Districts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
Ethnicity-based civil wars
1990s in Ethiopia
2000s in Ethiopia
2010s in Ethiopia
2020s in Ethiopia