ESAT News (October 1, 2018) At least 20 people have been killed and about 50,000 displaced over the weekend in areas bordering the Oromo and Benishangul Gumuz regions. The weekend violence followed the killing of four officials from Benishangul region in an ambush in the Oromo region on Wednesday. The officials were returning home from a joint security meeting ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 3, 2018) The Benishangul Gumuz regional administration has fired four security heads and 54 other officials for failing to stop a communal violence last week that has claimed the lives of 14 and inflicted injuries to over 70 people. The regional police commissioner, Abdela Shehid; chief of the regional security, Dinsa Beyene; regional police ...