Ethiopians can no longer bear the sight of war, bishops say of new clashes
August 10, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: “While solving problems in our country by speech, discussion and reconciliation is our culture, it now seems a habit to take war as an option for our various misfortunes,” the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia said in a statement, amid clashes in Amhara Region (map). “Our capacity to bear war has been exhausted.”
The African nation of 114 million is 60% Christian (41% Orthodox, 16% Protestant), 34% Muslim, and 5% ethnic religionist.
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