By Aaron Maasho (Reuters): ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi blamed a little-known local Muslim group of preaching religious intolerance in an area where Christian churches were burnt last week, killing one person. Authorities have said up to 50 churches have been burnt and around 3,000 Christians displaced since March 2 when Muslim youths attacked the community around Asendabo, some... Read more
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Meles Zenawi blames Muslim sect over church attacks
March 13 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, News, Uncategorized Tags: Asendabo Ethiopia, burning churches, church burn, churches, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Muslims, International Christian Concern, Islamist extremists, meles zenawi, Muslim group, Muslim radicals, Muslims burn churches in Ethiopia, south-western Ethiopia, terrorist attack
Ethiopia: Police Arrested 130 People in Church Burning Incidents
March 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Ethiopia, Featured, Uncategorized Tags: Asendabo Ethiopia, Ethiopia, evangelical church, Islamist extremists, Muslims burn churches in Ethiopia, Oromia Region, south-western Ethiopia, terrorist attack(VOA): Police in Ethiopia have arrested 130 people described as religious extremists in connection with a series of church burnings in a Muslim-majority area. Tensions are simmering in a region where Muslims and Christians have lived side by side for generations. Several U.S.-based Christian websites say Muslim extremists burned dozens of churches near Jimma town in the western Oromia region... Read more
Ethiopia: Islamist extremists burned dozens of churches and residences in Oromia
March 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, Video Tags: Asendabo Ethiopia, Ethiopia, evangelical church, Islamist extremists, Muslims burn churches in Ethiopia, Oromia Region, south-western Ethiopia, terrorist attackBy Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – An unidentified group of angered Islamist extremists have burnt dozens of churches and homes at a Christian neighbourhood in Ethiopia’s vast Oromya region. It is believed to be a retaliation to allegations that Christians desecrates a copy of the Koran by tearing them up. Unconfirmed sources said that at least one... Read more
Ethiopia Downplays Fears of Terrorist Attack At AU Summit
January 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Crime, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: African union, African union summit, Al-Shabaab, AU, Australia, Australia warn, bomb, Islamist, somalia, terrorist attack, Threat, UK, warningDailyNation: Addis Ababa — Ethiopian authorities have downplayed the ‘reliable terrorist attack risk’ at the forthcoming African Union (AU) summit later this week in Addis Ababa, notified by western countries. Ethiopia’s Foreign ministry’s spokesperson Ambassador Dina Muftui told the Nation that the country was aware of the risk but it was not beyond the control of the... Read more
Britain issued travel warning over Ethiopia AU summit bomb threat
January 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, Featured, Uncategorized, World Tags: Al-Shabaab, AU, Australia, Australia warn, bomb, Islamist, somalia, terrorist attack, Threat, UK, warning(Reuters) – Britain amended its travel advice for Ethiopia on Thursday after the Australian foreign ministry warned that militants were planning bomb attacks on Addis Ababa during an African Union summit starting this week. The Foreign Office told its citizens to be vigilant, especially in crowded areas, such as bus stations, and places frequented by foreigners, including hotels, restaurants and bars. “Due... Read more
Australia warns of bomb attacks by Al Shabaab at Addis AU summit
January 26 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: Al-Shabaab, Australia warn, Ethiopia, terror risk, terrorism, terrorist attack, TravelADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The Australian foreign ministry has warned that extremists are planning bomb attacks on Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa during an African Union summit there starting this week. A Western diplomat in Addis Ababa said the information his colleagues had was that Somali militants might be planning attacks on the city. Ethiopia invaded Somalia in... Read more
Australians warned not to travel to terror risk Ethiopia
January 26 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: Australia warn, Ethiopia, terror risk, terrorism, terrorist attack, TravelThe Australian Foreign Ministry has warned the country’s citizens to reconsider their need to travel to Ethiopia, East Africa, in the wake of reports of a possible terrorist attack. “According to credible information, extremists are planning to bomb unspecified locations within Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during the African Union Summit,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted the Department... Read more
Ethiopia says thwarted Eritrea-planned “terrorist’’ attack
January 23 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: Eritrea, Ethiopia, isaias afewerki, meles zenawi, terrorist attackBy Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia said it has foiled a terrorist attack sponsored by its neighbor Eritrea, state-run Ethiopian Television has reported. According to the report seven militants allegedly trained and armed by the Eritrean government have been taken to custody with their weapons by security forces in the Afar region, bordering Eritrea. The militants are said to have departed from... Read more
Terrorist group Al-Shabab is believed behind the bombings of kampala
July 12 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: al-shabab, bomb, bomb blast, Ethiopian Village restaurant, Kampala bomb, terrorist, terrorist attack, Uganda bomb, Uganda terrorist attackKAMPALA, Uganda — Bombs exploded at two sites in Uganda’s capital late Sunday as people watched the World Cup final on TV, killing at least 30 people. At least three Americans — part of a church group from Pennsylvania — were among the wounded. Police Chief Kale Kaihura said he believed that Somalia’s most feared militia — al-Shabab, which has... Read more
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