At least 53 people died in western Ethiopia after an unidentified armed group attacked a civilian convoy and its military escort in a region plagued by ethnic violence, Reuters agency reports, citing a rights body appointed by the government on Sunday. The previously unreported attack occurred on March 2 in …
Read More »Rebel group kidnaps dozens of people in western Ethiopia
Nearly 145 civilians have been abducted by a rebel group in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region following heavy fighting with security forces in Ethiopia. The state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said a group calling itself the Gumuz People’s Democratic Movement (GPDM) abducted the civilians in Sedal Woreda following the clashes. …
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