Ethiopia mourns victims of Islamic State killings in Libya
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia has started three days of national mourning following the killing by Islamic State of more than 20 migrant workers – most thought to be Ethiopian Christians – in Libya.
The Libyan branch of IS on Sunday released videos of the men being beheaded and another group being shot.
The killings have been condemned in Ethiopia and throughout the world.
IS and other jihadist groups are active in many towns in Libya, which has been torn by civil conflict since last year.
The brother of one of those killed described the killers as “animals… outside of all humanity”.
Ethiopia’s government has confirmed that the people shown being killed in the IS videos were Ethiopian migrant workers.
However the Jerusalem Post reported that three of those killed were Eritreans who had previously sought asylum in Israel.
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The tragic Sichuan Earthquake of May 12, 2008, which killed an estimated 80,000 civilians, also damaged hundreds of dams in Sichuan Province, China. Soon after the earthquake struck, the Chinese government reported that at least 391 dams had been damaged in the quake, including major cracks on the largest dam in the area, the Zipingpu Dam.
Saudi Arabia on Saturday removed the Kingdom’s deputy defense minister who recently made hostile remarks over Ethiopia’s massive dam project being built on the Blue Nile River only 30km upstream from Sudan.
Speaking at a session of the Arab Water Council held in Cairo late in February, the Saudi deputy defense minister, Khalid Bin Sultan, firmly opposed Ethiopia’s right to use the Nile waters saying the construction of the $4.8 billion hydro power dam project poses a security threat to Sudan and Egypt.
His remarks led to tensions between the horn of Africa nation and the Saudi Kingdom.
The minister said at the time that the Ethiopian Renaissance dam is intended for political plotting rather than for economic gain.
He went on to saying that Ethiopia is keen to harm the down stream Arab countries and further suggested that military action was an option to the ongoing dispute over the amount of water Nile basin countries are allowed use.
“There are fingers messing with water resources of Sudan and Egypt which are rooted in the mind and body of Ethiopia. They do not forsake an opportunity to harm Arabs without taking advantage of it”, he added.
Addis Ababa responded fiercely saying that the statement by the minister could negatively affect diplomatic ties between Arab nations and other Nile basin countries and requested an urgent explanation from the Saudi government.
Earlier this month, the government of Saudi has officially rebuffed the defence minister’s statements saying his remarks “do not reflect the official stance of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”.
According to Saudi news outlets, a royal decree has replaced Khalid Bin Sultan with retired army general, Prince Fahd Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad.
However, it is not clear whether the move is related to Sultan’s comments on the Nile water issue.
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I really sorry about our people who are leaving their country. I know there is poverty in Ethiopia; but these days things are changed and improved. They have to think twice before they decide. Most of them are teenagers they need help. Some people they use them for their political purpose. There is a difference between a country and a government. The government is changing how many governments have changed starting form 1975 to 2007 according to the Ethiopian calendar. Ethiopia is in a right track according to the IMF and the World Bank report. We’ll make poverty history if we are working hard. God keep their soul in heaven those who are lost their life by the ISIS animal group. It is a matter of time we’ll destroy ISIS. ISIS will destroy by the Ethiopian army not by the western country. Please remember the Battle of Adowa.We’ll repeat the Battle of Adowa on ISIS. At last not least God has to keep their soul in soul.
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