by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 3, 2018) An official with the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) says 208 people have been arrested in connection with deadly ethnic violence in areas bordering the Oromo and Benishangul-Gumuz regions in Western Ethiopia. The Police commissioner for the Benishangul-Gumuz region meanwhile blamed a splinter group of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) for the crisis ...
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Ethiopia: Highest number of conflict driven IDPs in the world
ESAT News (December 3, 2018) Ethiopia has more new conflict-driven Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) than any other country in the world, with over 1.4 million this year alone, according to the Humanitarian Information Unit of the U.S. Department of State. The total IDPs in Ethiopia is 2.8 million of which 2.2 million were displaced due to conflicts. The rest, ...
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