Demonstrations across many cities in Amhara region of Ethiopia defend identity questions in Wolkait and Raya and demand government to respond to it in accordance to the constitution. borkenaOctober 24,2018Residents of more than ten cities in Amhara region of Ethiopia (in central, Western and North Western parts of the country) took to the street today to protest repression against identity questions in Wolkait and Raya regions in north western and north central parts of Ethiopia. Nigussu Tilahun, Amhara Regional State Communication head, confirmed in a facebook update earlier today that the demonstrations were entirely peaceful and completed without any reports of security incidents. Wolkait is another region which was included to Tigray in the same when TPLF took power in 1991. Tigray regional state security killed at least five residents of Alamata, a town in Raya region in north central Ethiopia, last week when they fired at protestors who demanded that their identity is not Tigrean and they do not want to be under Tigray regional state.

Source: Ethiopian News October 28, 2018 17:02 UTC