Duration | 1994— present |
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Location | Konso, Ethiopia |
Coordinates | 5°20′25″N 37°26′20″E / 5.3404°N 37.4388°E |
Type | Ethnic violence
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Theme | Ongoing ethnic violence |
Cause | Land drawn along ethnic lines (Ethnic Federalism) |
Motive | Dispute over administrative land, leadership and territory |
Participants | Various militants from and regions |
Deaths | Ongoing. 83+ killed; 57+ injured |
The conflict in Konso is part of a series of ethnic-based violence in Ethiopia. UN OCHA reported that its Early warning department of SNNPR categorized Konso as a priority hot spot area. Repeated conflict and the issue of adverse weather exacerbated the existing humanitarian crisis in the Zone.[1] Interpersonal ethnic violence are deepening into serious human rights violations and suffering, with the ethnic federalism system that drew formal administrative divisions with regional boundaries falling along ethnic lines.[2][3]