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by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 20, 2018) Ethiopia’s parliament passed a bill to establish a “boundary and identity affairs commission” in a bid to resolve border disputes between regional administrations and bring to an end increasing clashes resulting from identity issues. The proclamation, that was approved with a majority vote, faced opposition from 33 MPs representing the Tigray People’s ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 20, 2018) Gunmen attacked two trucks belonging to the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia  carrying 6.8 million birr ($243,000) in foiled cash-in-transit heist near the town of Shakiso in southern Ethiopia killing two soldiers and a driver. The first truck that was carrying the cash was able to escape and the driver, who was injured, ...

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ESAT News (December 19, 2018) Over 80,000 people were forced to flee Moyale, Ethiopia’s town on the southern border, in a week of deadly ethnic violence. Clashes between the Somali Gare and Borena Oromo communities in Moyale flared up again last week over territories claimed by both sides. At least  21 people were killed last week. The report by Deutsche ...