Agenzia Fides
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) – “In Ethiopia there are several conflicts, but we must never lose hope”, says Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa, who gave an interview to Fides.
Your Eminence, Ethiopia is the scene of several internal conflicts. What are the consequences for the population?
Ethiopia is facing several conflicts that are causing great suffering to the populations concerned. Two years ago we had the Tigray war which ended with a peace treaty signed in Pretoria, South Africa. But there is a war in the Oromia region in the southeast of the country that has continued for four years, where many Oromo people have been killed and many others have been forced to flee, especially the populations of Amhara origin living in Oromia who were forced to flee. This conflict is still ongoing, but the Ethiopian federal government and the Oromo Liberation Army have started talks in Tanzania. They have met twice but have not yet managed to reach an agreement.
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AFRICA/ETHIOPIA – “Resilience is the best definition to describe the people in Tigray”: the voice of the Eparch of Adigrat (
by Antonella Prenna
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Healing from the traumas of war, recovery on a human and physical level, building peace, are the salient points on which we are focusing to deal with the devastation and violence that the population of Tigray continues to suffer due to the conflict between the regional government and the federal government of Ethiopia.” In a conversation with Fides Agency, the bishop of the Catholic eparchy of Adigrat, Tesfaselassie Medhin, expressed the profound suffering he experiences firsthand in this once lush land, renowned for its thousand-year-old churches among the rocks at 3000 m meters, breathtaking landscapes and hospitable traditions. (To read more, CLICK HERE!)>