More Violence Forecast in Ethiopia’s Gambella as Death Toll Rises

By Clea Broadhurst | for Radio France International, Clashes between different ethnic groups in west Ethiopia left 14 dead this weekend, while UN and MSF offices were targeted by angry protesters. Tensions have been rising these past months in Gambella, the region which has a population of 300,000 but has taken in 270,000 mainly Nuer […]

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Boat with 400 Ethiopia and Somalia Migrants Capsized

By TesfaNews, More than 400 migrants and refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia are feared to have drowned in the Egyptian shores after the boat they were being transferred to by traffickers capsized in the Mediterranean, survivors say. Somali media reports say that rescue workers have only managed to save 41 of the 500 or so […]

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Gunmen from S. Sudan Killed 140 Ethiopian Civilians – Government

By AlJazeera, At least 140 Ethiopian civilians including women and children have been killed by a group of armed raiders, who, according to the country’s government, crossed from South Sudan and fled back after the atrocity took place. The attack occurred in Jakawa in Ethiopia’s Gambela region, which straddles the border. The perpetrators were allegedly […]

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