Asosa

Asosa is a metropolis in western Ethiopia and the capital of the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. located inside the Asosa sector. A Belgian pressure from the Congo captured Asosa 11 March 1941, destroying the Italian 10th Brigade and taking pictures 1,500 guys. all through the Ethiopian Civil war, with assist from the Eritrean human beings's Liberation front the Oromo Liberation the front captured Asosa from the Derg in early January 1990, and held the metropolis for a brief time.

in the course of the profession, In reaction the government airforce subjected Asosa to aerial assaults numerous times that month, killing 19 human beings and wounding 20. before the OLF withdrew from Asosa, it destroyed the metropolis's handiest energy generator, stole 1.8 million Birr from the financial institution, most of which have been deposits from the local farmer cooperatives, and took any precious gadgets its troops could convey. in the course of the 1990s Asosa become characterized via entire government workplace complexes of partially finished buildings, which John young notes was "testimony to deprave family members among politicians and contractors."