The latest round of deadly ethnic violence in Ethiopia is said to have hit the western Benishangul-Gumuz region – specifically in the Kamashi zone. “The number of deceased could be much higher because some of the clashes occurred in far-off rural areas,” head of Oromia regional state communication bureau, Negeri lencho, told local press. Intercommunal violence along border areas of the Oromia and Somali regions also played a role. Somali regional state experienced its share of violence as government went in to oust former leader, and more recently in Oromia’s Burayu on the outskirts of the capital, Addis Ababa. It is however the focus of a diplomatic back and forth between Ethiopia and Egypt as well as Sudan.

Source: Ethiopian News October 02, 2018 08:08 UTC