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Al Jazeera
Politics
Zecharias Zelalem

‘I await divine justice’: Rebels bring woes to Ethiopia’s Amhara

A pilgrim holds a candle at Saint Mary's Church, in Lalibela in the Amhara region bordering the northern region of Tigray, which was held by Tigrayan rebels until they announced their withdrawal in December [Eduardo Soteras/ AFP]

On September 10, 2021, three young men routinely tending to cattle on the main road in the Doro Gibir farming community on the outskirts of the northern Ethiopian city of Woldia, paused to check on crops their family was growing at a site near the country’s A2 highway.

It was their last act alive, a heartbroken Tiru Mengesha, mother of 17-year-old son Demissie Wubo, aunt to Ayele Aragie, 18, and cousin to 38-year-old Yimer Tadesse, told Al Jazeera.

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