With killings in DRC-Democratic republic of Congo, Sudan, South Sudan Ethiopia, and Nigeria, it's hardly you see protest from blacks in Africa and around the world to stop the killing. Yet thousands blacks in Europe and America every week go on Palestinian fashion show protest against Israel. Even though No single protest in moslem countries in support of Palestinians.

Blacks and Africans....Just ask yourself......"WHY"?

An airstrike in Ethiopia's Amhara region killed at least 15 civilians, including children and elderly people, when it hit a truck carrying them to a village this week, three residents said.

The strike took place on Monday around 24 km (15 miles) from where Ethiopian troops were fighting militiamen, according to the residents who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals.

Some of the victims were fleeing the clashes, while others were returning home from a baptism ceremony, they said.

Spokespeople for Ethiopia's government and military and for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office did not respond to requests for comment.

Ethiopian troops have been battling fighters from the Fano militia since last July in a conflict that has left more than 200 people dead, according to United Nations reports last year.

The strike on Monday hit a large Isuzu truck carrying several dozen people in Amhara's North Shewa Zone, the three residents said. Their accounts could not be independently verified.

"We first heard an explosion and the area was covered with smoke and dust," a priest said. "We collected 15 bodies. It was more a matter of collecting their dismembered bodies. Hands, legs and heads were everywhere."

The priest said more than 20 people wounded in the strike were sent to hospital and that he thought the overall death toll was significantly higher.

Another resident, who said he lost 10 family members in the strike, said at least 30 people had been killed. He said villagers told him that just before the explosion, they had seen a small drone flying in the area.

A third resident said his son and daughter-in-law were among at least 20 people killed in the truck.

The Ethiopian military has used drones extensively during the fighting, according to the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

The commission has documented the deaths of at least 81 civilians that it said were killed in drone strikes or extrajudicial killings by government security forces. The militiamen are not known to have any air assets.

The federal government has generally not responded to requests for comment about alleged abuses by the military, although it has denied some specific allegations by residents and the EHRC.

The government has said the military's actions in Amhara are aimed at ensuring law and order and the rights of citizens.

In a video shared on social media purporting to show the scene of Monday's attack, several lifeless and bloodied bodies can be seen lying on the ground alongside a badly damaged white-and-green Isuzu truck.

Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.

The Amhara conflict broke out less than a year after the government reached a peace deal in November 2022 to end a two-year civil war in the neighbouring Tigray region that killed hundreds of thousands of people.

Fano militiamen fought alongside the military against Tigrayan forces in that conflict, but they have since accused the federal government of trying to undermine Amhara's security. The government denies this.

Dozens of Ethiopian civilians killed in door-to-door searches for ‘rebels’

An unidentified armed militia fighter walks down a path as villagers flee with their belongings in the other direction, near the village of Chenna Teklehaymanot, in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia.

In spite of a peace agreement from November 2022, there continue to be clashes and killings in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Earlier this month, a local rights group said dozens of people were killed, prompting the United States to call for an investigation.

U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Ervin Massinga shared his concern on X: “The U.S. government is deeply concerned by reports of targeted civilian killings. ... We call for unfettered access by independent human rights monitors as well as an impartial investigation to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice.”

As Massinga points out, the most recent killings follow numerous other reports of violations and abuses that have followed the peace agreement of 2022. There have been multiple reports of rape, human trafficking and extrajudicial killings, including 852 cases of rape reported to the Tigray Health Bureau in the two months immediately following when the peace deal was signed.

Last April, a rebellion broke out when the Ethiopian government tried to dissolve local forces and absorb them into the Ethiopian Army, reports The Associated Press. In August, a militia group known as the Fano, which had previously been aligned with the nation’s army, launched a surprise assault, capturing towns across Amhara. Clashes have been ongoing since then.

Compounding the misery, a massive grain theft scheme led multiple international organizations, including the United States Agency for International Development, to suspend operations until satisfactory safeguards were put in place. Grain distribution via USAID did not resume until November.

On Feb. 6, the Ethiopia Human Rights Council said it received information “showing that massive human rights violations were committed” during fighting in Merawi on Jan. 29 between the Fano and the Ethiopian army. Following the fighting, the Ethiopian army began conducting house-to-house searches, looking for Fano supporters and killing people they thought were suspicious. The BBC confirmed that there were at least 45 victims, including a pregnant woman.

On Feb. 23, a drone airstrike in the region killed at least 15 more, including children and the elderly, some of them returning home from a baptism of a child. A priest told Reuters they first heard an explosion, then saw smoke, dust and dismembered bodies. He believes the death toll is “significantly higher” than 15. Reuters has not been able to independently verify the accounts and video shared with them.

The Ethiopian military are the only ones to use drones during the fighting — and they have used them extensively, according to the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, or EHRC.

The commission has documented the deaths of at least 81 civilians that it said were killed in drone strikes or extrajudicial killings by government security forces. The militiamen are not known to have any air assets, reports Reuters.

The state of emergency put into place in August was extended on Feb. 2 by the Ethiopian government for four additional months. The state of emergency gives the government sweeping powers to arrest suspects without a court warrant, impose curfews, prevent freedom of movement and ban public assemblies or associations.

On Feb. 19, Amnesty International released a statement demanding that the Ethiopian government “must stop resorting to old tactics of denying fundamental rights under the guise of emergency laws.”

“Ethiopians face another armed conflict in the Amhara region, a major humanitarian crisis in Tigray, a dire security situation in Oromia and rampant impunity nationwide. The role of the media and the right to freedom of expression are more vital than ever,” said Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s regional director for eastern and southern Africa.

The Ethiopian government has no comment.