Ethnic violence in Konso
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. 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.
Konso Konso (Ethiopia) | |
| Duration | 1994— present |
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| Location | Konso, Ethiopia |
| Coordinates | 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 |
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