By ELIAS MESERET, Associated PressADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Government officials and residents said overnight ethnic-based attacks in the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, have killed several people and caused hundreds to flee their homes. Police said the attacks started late Saturday afternoon in the Burayu and Ashewa Meda areas just outside of the capital. Some locations in the north and northwestern parts of Addis Ababa remained tense on Sunday. Ethnic-based attacks over land and resources are not new in this East African nation of more than 80 ethnic groups. The U.N. Children's Fund UNICEF said in August that as many as 2.8 million Ethiopians were internally displaced, mainly due to ethnic-based attacks in various parts of the country.

Source: Ethiopian News September 16, 2018 14:48 UTC