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OLF Statement on the Deepening Violence in Oromia.
\nJuly 2, 2022
\nThe conflict-ridden Horn of Africa is facing a critical moment in this period. An incident in one
\npart of the region drags more chain of violence in another. OLF believes the issue must be
\nhandled ingeniously. Yet the Ethiopian Prosperity Party leaders are behaving recklessly. The
\nsuffering of people, death, displacement and hunger are seen as habitual. Repent of past
\nmistakes is not thought of.
\nRecently, Presidents of Amhara and Oromia regional states announced, in Bahir Dar, a new
\npact to conduct war to wipe out the \u201crebels\u201d (Oneg Shane) in Oromia. Following this pact, military
\nconvoys of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) with heavily armed security forces
\nhave entered Oromia in a different directions from Amhara Regional State.
\nSeveral rounds of such brutal and violent responses against the deep-rooted political problems
\nin Ethiopia have turned out to be futile. What featured were killings of civilians, children, youth,
\nolder men and women, burning of villages, destruction of crops on the field and in the granaries,
\nsuffering and displacement. Currently, Ethiopia harbors the largest internally displaced people
\nin the Horn of Africa. The hunger of thousands of people is already recorded. Famine is looming.
\nAttempts at resolving political problems through violent means have proved inconsequential in
\nOromia over the last 50 years. This time around, the impact of the violence would be much
\ndearer than ever as the intensity of the response is huge.
\nWe call upon the presidents of both regions to call off this offensive, end this violence and resolve
\nthe conflict through peaceful means. We would remind them that the responsibility for further
\nbloodshed, deepening the already complex contradiction, suffering and displacement of the
\ncivilians is on the leaders.
\nWe also call upon the other regions of Ethiopia not to take part in this action for the sake of our
\npeople’s mutual benefit, friendship and fraternity and the peaceful coexistence of peoples that is
\nso needed in this troubled region of the Horn.
\nVictory to the Masses!
\nOromo Liberation Front
\nJuly 2, 2022
\nFinfinnee, Oromi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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