Artuma Fursi

Artuma Fursi is a district located in the Oromia Zone of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Artuma Fursi (10.55°N 39.93°E / 10.55; 39.93) is bordered on the south by Jilee Dhummuugaa, on the west by the Semien Shewa Zone, on the northwest by Dawa Chaffa, on the north by Dawa Harewa, and on the east by the Afar Region. Towns in Artuma Fursi include Chaffa Robit. Artuma Fursi was part of the former Artuma Fursi Jilee woreda.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 82,842, of whom 40,938 are men and 41,904 women; 5,941 or 7.17% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 97.76% reporting that as their religion, while 1.81% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[1]

History

21st century

On 21 March 2021 and following days, numerous atrocities were committed in this woreda by the Amhara Region special forces, the Fano, and reportedly by soldiers pertaining to the Eritrean Defence Forces. The killing spree started in Ataye, where they murdered Oromo children, mothers, elders and religious leaders. The next day, relatives and witnesses called the ENDF for help, which did not come, rather internet and telephone services were shut down by the Ethiopian authorities. In Artuma Fursi district, the Amhara Region cut down electricity and water supply. There were victims all over the Oromia Zone of Amhara region. Particularly in Artuma Fursi, the Chaffa Robit and Chirri communities were affected by the killing spree. The Amhara state forces and fano set fire to homesteads, properties, and places of worship. Coqorso, Dimtu and Diido were also strongly affected.[2]

By the end of August 2021, an internal note of the EU delegation in Ethiopia mentioned that the Oromo Liberation Army occupied several rural districts near the town of Kamisee in the Amhara Region, such as Artuma Fursi.[3]

Notes
  1. Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region Archived November 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
  2. Advocacy for Justice for the Oromo People (AJOP), 30 April 2021: Ethnic cleansing against Oromo people in Wollo Zone of Amhara region in Ethiopia
  3. Tghat, 24 August 2021: A Leaked Document: Delegation of the European Union to Ethiopia
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