The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Amhara local militias engaged in armed conflict in the area, particularly in late April and June of 2022, when Amhara forces tried to reclaim the territory controlled by the Sudanese forces while the ENDF was mobilized to fight the TPLF. [...] These divisions have led to controversies involving: the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC); the hoisting of the flag of Oromia region and singing of the regional anthem in schools in Addis Ababa; the establishment of Shaggar City in the Oromia region which the Amhara perceived as a move to exclude them from Addis Ababa and drive non-Oromo people from Oromia; and the widening polarization o. [...] Citing the number of Oromo figures in the military’s top leadership and command structure, the Amhara opposition and diaspora see the ENDF as an Oromo domain, asserting that implementation of the current plans would weaken the Amhara while consolidating Oromo control of the national security sector. [...] The notable assassination of the head of the Amhara PP, Girma Yeshitela, while on duty in the North Shewa Zone of the Amhara region, escalated tensions between Amhara nationalists and the federal government. [...] But continued incursions into the areas by OLA forces might increase the resentment in the Amhara region, and widen the tensions within the PP between the Amhara and Oromo chapters.
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