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NAIROBI, May 9 ― The head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church has said that atrocities amounting to genocide are being committed in Tigray, in his first comments on the conflict in the region that broke out in November and has killed thousands.
Abune Mathias, who has been head of the church since 2013, did not say who was responsible for this. He spoke in a video message that was posted on Twitter yesterday by an American religious charity worker.
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Ethiopia Orthodox Church leader Abune Mathias has warned that atrocities amounting to genocide are being committed in the country s restive northern Tigray region.
“Nowadays, all over Ethiopia in general and in Tigray in particular, many barbarisms have been conducted,” the 80-year-old Orthodox Church leader said in a video message recorded last month that was posted on the Twitter account of an American charity worker on Friday.
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NAIROBI, May 9 (Reuters) - The head of Ethiopia s Orthodox Church has said that atrocities amounting to genocide are being committed in Tigray, in his first comments on the conflict in the region that broke out in November and has killed thousands.
Abune Mathias, who has been head of the church since 2013, did not say who was responsible for this. He spoke in a video message that was posted on Twitter on Friday by an American religious charity worker.
Dennis Wadley, who heads a U.S.-based church group called Bridge of Hope International, said Abune Mathias had asked him to post the video. He wanted the world to know the truth regarding what was happening in Tigray, Wadley told Reuters.