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    Metekel Zone is located in the current Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. It is bordered on the south and southwest by Kamashi, on the west by Sudan...
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    The Benishangul-Gumuz conflict was an armed conflict mostly in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia that started in 2019, until...
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  • The Metekel massacre was a massacre that took place on the night of 22–23 December 2020, in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia...
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    was no bridge crossing it until 2012. The major road that connects the Metekel Zone and the Assosa Zone was built by the China Construction Company in...
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    already occurring violations in various places: Oromia, Benishangul-Gumuz (Metekel Zone), Tigray, the SNNPR, and the Amhara region. The Amhara and Agew peoples...
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    police near Bahir Dar on 24 June. Starting in June 2019, fighting in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia has reportedly involved...
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    Tigrayans and Agaw migrants, who in Metekel Zone constitute minority ethnic groups with some Amhara groups calling for Metekel to be incorporated into Amhara...
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    armed conflicts in the post-2018 regime, including Benishangul-Gumuz's Metekel conflict, Tigray War and recently War in Amhara. They have been accused...
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    South Gondar North Wollo South Wollo Oromia North Shewa Asosa Kamashi Metekel This region was created in 2023 from parts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities...
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    Gojjam was divided, with the westernmost part forming the majority of the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, and the rest becoming the Agew Awi...
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    objective of a Fano leader in March 2020 was for Benishangul-Gumuz Region's Metekel Zone, the northern districts of Welkait and Raya in Tigray, as well as...
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    Tigray and also the violence across the Oromia, and the Benishangul-Gumuz (Metekel) regions that worsened since 2018. On 21 November, Odinkalu called for...
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  • in Agew Awi Zone west of Mirab Gojjam and have a few communities in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region. The Awi people are composed of seven...
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    4 million newly displaced people. Starting in 2019, in the Metekel conflict, fighting in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia has reportedly...
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    Tsige was shot dead by police near Bahir Dar on 24 June. Fighting in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, which began in June 2019, reportedly...
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  • or woredas, in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Metekel Zone, it is bordered by Dangur in the north and northwest, by Pawe special...
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  • (also known as Wenbera) is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Debre Zeit has a latitude and longitude...
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    to the Ethiopian highlands that hold the power in the country. In the Metekel conflict, starting in 2019, Gumuz militia were allegedly involved in attacks...
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  • Asosa Bale Borana East Gojam East Harerge East Shewa Gambela Ilubabor Kefa Metekel North Gonder North Omo North Shewa North Welo Sidamo South Gonder South...
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  • Guangua woreda; in the past Chagni was the administrative center of the Metekel awraja. The British explorer Charles Beke visited Chagni on its market...
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    leave several dead, injured in Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz region". September 16, 2020. "News: PM Abiy meets Metekel residents to discuss security;...
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  • Genete Mariam is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Genete Mariam has a latitude and longitude of...
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    family (see Omotic languages). They live north of the Blue Nile in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region and number around 139,000 individuals...
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  • 221XXXX Durbette/ Abcheklite 058 223XXXX Gimjabetmariam 058 224XXXX Chagni/Metekel 058 225XXXX Bahirdar II 058 226XXXX Enjibara Kosober 058 227XXXX Tilili...
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  • Mankush is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Mankush is the largest settlement in Guba woreda....
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  • local police. The EHRC collected evidence following the 23 December 2020 Metekel massacre. The EHRC found that many of the victims were Shinasha and that...
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  • Gumuz militias Gumuz Liberation Front Buadin OLA TPLF Ongoing Majority of Metekel under the control of the ENDF and Amhara militias Tigray War (2020–2022)...
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  • Nilo-Saharan family. Most Ethiopian speakers live in Kamashi Zone and Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, although a group of 1,000 reportedly...
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    Oromia Region, on the west by the Asosa and Sudan, and on the north by Metekel and the Amhara Region, which lie on the further bank of the Abay. The majority...
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  • recognition of the ethnic Amhara identity of the lands of Welkait, Raya, Metekel and Dera/Shewa. During this period, Ethiopian security forces killed scores...
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