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Australia’s Ethiopia Warning: Abiy’s Wars Threaten the Region
The Mesob Journal
The map says it all.
From the blood-red zones of Amhara and Benishangul-Gumuz to the orange cautions stretching across Oromia and Somali regions, Australia’s Smartraveller advisory paints Ethiopia not as a tourist destination — but as a country consumed by conflict, fear, and state decay.
The message from Canberra is blunt: “Reconsider your need to travel overall due to the risk of civil unrest and the threat of armed conflict.” Entire regions are labeled “Do Not Travel” — Amhara, Tigray, Gambela, Benishangul-Gumuz, and northern Oromia. Even the nation’s capital, Addis Ababa, home to the African Union’s gleaming headquarters, now requires what the advisory calls a “high degree of caution.”...
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