"Almost complete" armed group control over the "Renaissance Dam" region

An armed group took control of a province in western Ethiopia, on Thursday, resulting in the deaths of civilians and the kidnapping of employees.

And the Human Rights Commission appointed by the Ethiopian government announced that an armed group had taken control of the Siddal Ooredoo district in the Kamashi region of the Benishangul region, in western Ethiopia.

The committee said that the boycott has almost completely fallen into the hands of the armed group since April 19, and the committee did not mention the name of the group or the party affiliated with it.

Sidal Ooredoo county is home to about 25,000 people, according to the commission's statement released on Wednesday evening.

The Renaissance Dam project is located in the Benishangul region, at a cost of 4 billion dollars, and Ethiopia hopes that the dam will contribute to the production of electricity and raise its economic situation.

However, the dam project faces strong opposition from the downstream countries, Egypt and Sudan, as the two countries recently warned of the consequences of the second filling of the dam lake.

The Benishangul region is home to a number of ethnicities, such as the Gomuz, the Overs, the Chansas, and the Amhara.

The region has witnessed increasing attacks against civilians.

Residents who fled the area said that the armed group had burned and looted public and private property, and that the district administration and local police had fled the area.

In its statement, the committee indicated that there are other reports of the killing of civilians and public employees in the region.

The committee added that the number of militants exceeds the number of regional security forces, including the forces present in the vicinity.

During these days, Ethiopia is witnessing clashes between different ethnicities, such as the clashes of Tigrayans and the Ethiopian army, and other clashes between the Oromo and Amhara ethnicities.

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