Day 22

OCTOBER | 2023

Ethiopia

PRAYER FOR THIS COUNTRY

The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia wanted to continue to review the country’s dire human rights situation. The report shows that there will be an overwhelming majority of risk factors for the future. Crimes are present in Ethiopia, including ongoing serious violations, widespread violence and instability, and deeply entrenched impunity. Hostilities between Government forces and forces of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front are continuing. The most severe crimes are genocide, war crimes, and human rights violations, leading to the worst tragedies. Pray that the investigations will curb the human rights violations and avert further deterioration of the situation. Pray for the Christian Believers to show the Ethiopians how to find freedom in Christ (The Bible, John 8:36).

Source:

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1141832

MORE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY

Ethiopia is now in 39th position in the World Watch Report 2023 by Open Doors for Christian persecution. The current president of Ethiopia is Sahle-Work Zewde, and the Prime Minister is Abiy Ahmed. It was the country’s first free and fair election. However, an opposition boycott, the war in the northern region of Tigray, ethnic violence, and logistical challenges in some areas overshadowed the election. The ongoing armed conflict in Tigray in Northern Ethiopia has left many dead and injured and about two million people displaced.

CHIEF OF STATE
President Sahle-Work Zewde
HEAD OF GOV.
PM Abiy Ahmed
POPULATION
116,462,712
CHRISTIANS
60%
EVANGLICAL CHRISTIANS
17.4%
DOMINANT RELIGION
Christianity
PERSECUTION RANKING
39
REFUGEES
665,240
LIFE EXPECTANCY
68.59 yrs
LITERACY RATE
51.8%
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
23.5%