"Ethiopian Government Campaign of Murder in Gambela"

In the past few months, tension begun between indigenous Majengir community and Ethiopian highlanders at Godere district, Gambela region. Ethiopian highland settlers in the area have been killing innocent civilians and the retaliations continued. The situation escalated during Ethiopian New year. On Thursday, 11 September 2014 eight (8) Majengir ethnic were indiscriminately murdered in cold blood in their own ancestral land. The highlanders went door to door hunting for Majengir ethnic community and displaced more than 3000 Majengir people...Many more are hiding in the bushes where they are hunted down by their attackers. The Ethiopian armed forces and federal police are reported to have been despatched to the bushes looking for Majengir survivors to return home...The cause of this high level insecurity and loss of innocent people live, is the Ethiopian government policy that is taking away the indigenous communities land and giving the land to so called investors both foreigners and Ethiopian highlanders. The Majengir like many other indigenous communities; mainly, Anuak, has been pushed off from their traditional land and are left with no option. The Majengir area is a rich area in coffee plantation and the Ethiopian highland settlers want to take this fertile area from the indigenous community. In the recent years, the number of Ethiopian highlanders has increased considerably, threatening the indigenous communities’ livelihoods and way of live.