Never Ending Disaster: Tonko Rebellion and Cry of the Hajongs
March 3rd, 2010 by AnAidWorker
“I have been moving all my life. I don’t have a place that I can call home anymore” Komodini Hajong lamented while trying to brace herself on a jackfruit tree at the edge of her yard on a small hill. Eyes quenched, pointing with her aged and shaky hands at the ground below where people were plaguing their field for next crop, she cried out, “Nothing had changed for my people. After all this...
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110,000 displaced living miserably without help in Oromiya
February 26th, 2009 by AnAidWorker
Recent clashes between two Gerri and Borenas of Oromiya has killed at least 300 people and displaced more than 110,000 men women and children from Borena and Moyale zone of the region. Thousand of homes were ruined from both side and at least 15 schools were destroyed. The conflict has caused massive loss of property to an area already devastated by prolonged drought.
The conflict erupted in...
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