ARRA Amba, Ethiopia – Ereagash Nuru pointed to the rolling green landscape in the central Amhara region of Ethiopia. She said, “We used to see the sunset through the hills.” “But no longer.”
According to a 30 -year accountant and local tour guide Nuru, nowadays, it is dangerous to quit the village security. Sometimes gun pills can be heard. Locals have been abducted. Has been forced to close the school.
“Everything has changed with political situation,” Nuru sheds grief to the ground.
For decades, violent insecurity and conflict have hit many parts of Ethiopia – no one more than that Tigre conflict It is estimated that from 2020 to 2022, 600,000 people were killed in East African country.
But one of the places that remain relatively untouchable is the village of Loca Amba in the mountainous region of Amhara. This is a leading Utopian project of a community founded in the 1970s that are about 600 people living by strictly egalitarian rules with the same section of work according to gender.
Over the years, AWRA Amba has received recognition for his efforts, the awards have been won for the approach to resolving the conflict-where special dispute meetings and democratic-selected committees have been emphasized. Officials from the Ethiopian government and the United Nations, Red Cross and Oxfam have come to follow the famous example of the community.
However, in the last two years, there has been a deadly struggle in Amraha-the UNESCO-protected rock-striking church of Lalibla and the historic fort of Gonda have struggled violently with the Federal Soldiers of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (endf).
Since the launch of the conflict in April 1 in, Prime Minister Abbi Ahmed tried to dissolve regional forces in the police or federal army, reports of large sex-based violence and thousands of murder and both endf and fan have committed thousands of murder, which claims that they claim.
Nanafa profit is called the “ominous new war” for development. Amnesty International has demanded a global attention to this “human rights crisis”, while the human rights watch has condemned the “war crimes” by AndF.
“There has been a trauma in this region, there has been a demolition,” said Buntyhu Shibini Chinese, a research colleague at the Center for International Policy Studies Center for International Policy Studies in Otawa, July 223.
From this, AWRA Amba’s peaceful community is stuck in the crossfire of the spiraling conflict.
The economy grew
Nuru is a member of the community’s cooperation, which combines all its income and resources. They use funds for projects, including a care home for the elderly, support for orphans and welfare donations to help the needy. But once the growing, self -sufficient economy has turned to the head, Nuru said.
AWRA Amba once welcomed thousands of visitors a year-under the country and international tourists as well as school children can stay in the lodge on the school-J site and buy a community products such as handwven garments and textiles.
But overnight, that income has been evaporated.
“Many foreign people had come to visit there,” Worksh Mohammad (25) said. “We are happy to share the story of our peace with them. But now there is nothing. It is very dangerous for them to come here. “”
Members of the community are also afraid of traveling in the market to sell agricultural products like Maize and Tef in Ethiopia, as the robbers are now common due to the underlined state of the highway.
“Trade has been affected,” said Year Year Year Community Member Ayel Seva Zoumra. “It is difficult to go to other cities, sometimes it is not safe. That means we cannot transport the product. But we make the highest income of our (our) income. “”
It is also affecting the ongoing conflict of the members of the community living in the humble Adobe Holmes and plowing in the bull’s fields. In an attempt to obstruct the rebels, the Ethiopian government regularly prevents the Internet in the Amhara region, which is the second largest population in the country.
Alamu Nurukh, 24 -year -old, who studied him at the university, returned to ARA Amba, where he was born and grew up and to visit his family. However, he could not study because of blackout.
“It is difficult to do anything here,” Nuruhk said.
The community has been forced to close a school, for which half of the funds were provided during the construction in 2019 and later donated to the state due to the complications of the conflict and the government. Last year, Fano Fighters landed on ARA Amba and demanded immediate education.
Zoumra said, “The government wanted the government to continue the school, but did not want to continue the process of learning other troops (fano),” said Zoomra. “Conflict … this affects everyone.”
Will be ‘a big crisis’ due to destruction
Then last year, Avra Amba crossed the terrorist when an unknown armed men abducted a villager HIS, who asked for 1 million Ethiopian Bir ($ 7,900) for his return – this is a large amount that the community has disabled to pay full.
Meanwhile, the founder of the community, Zoomra Nuru and his son Ethiopia’s capital, has fled to Adis Ababa. Locals say that one day is the target of abducting his son because armed men were searching for him – but he was out of the city.
Chinese, researchers say that Fano’s Abi’s policy does not change significantly and has been given – the Prime Minister has promised – genuine political representation.
During the two -year conflict in Tigre, Fano fought on the side of the federal army, but after that, the exterior of the outside Abi’s party with Fano was not involved. Pretoria Peace Deal In November 2022.
Fano’s roots – an inhuman word – an unique word – a fano – a single volunteer, which has been associated with the Italian fascist traders against Ethiopia’s Italian fascist merchants – is a mainly an informal alliance of the militants in the region who has shown widely popular support in the battle of Amar.
“There is no lack of political representation in Abi’s ethnic union,” Chinese said.
“The Prime Minister and his government did not follow their promises. He has just preserved his power. He combined his power, so this is just a man show. “”
Until now, conflict is increasing in Amrah.
The June 224 report of the Human Rights of Human Rights of the Human Rights of the United Nations has found that the federal troops have persecuted the assassination, rape, court execution and murder of civilians, and Fano Milisia was responsible for the killing of civilians, attacks on civil goods and illegal arrest. About four million children are out of date due to violence in the region.
“We are looking at Amhrah, nothing has been solved from military action. So we need a clear, serious conversation between political groups, “said Chinese. “If the conflict continues, this destruction will affect the major crisis. The collapse of the state can be a major threat of regional insecurity. “”
In the coming days, the people of AWRA Amba in the remote mountainous region of Ethiopia are dreaming of a peaceful resolution.
“We only want peace,” founder Zouma Nuru, now 76, Al Jazira, told his current home in Adis Ababa. “We believe that all conflicts can be resolved by reasonable discussion and debate.”
He said that the community of AWRA Amba is stuck in political struggle.
In 198 88, during the reign of Duru, the Communist military government, who ruled Ethiopia for almost two decades, was accused of supporting the opposition and forced their land to escape.
Two years later, the villagers could return only in 1993 after the dictatorship of the rule of power.
“We have survived the struggle in the past,” Nuru said. “By working together, seeing what we join together, we can end this sad end and bring peace to Ethiopia.”