At least 50 killed in Ethiopia's Oromia region, says rights bodyThe Ethiopian Human Rights Commission attributes the killings to ethnic violence. NAIROBI - At least 50 people died in ethnic violence in Ethiopia's Oromia region this month, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Wednesday. While calm has largely returned to northern Tigray region after two years of brutal war, fighting has continued in Oromia, Ethiopia's largest and most populous region, which is haunted by a long-running insurgency. The Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, have long complained of marginalisation. A Chinese national was last month killed in Gebre Guracha, a town in the Oromia region and some 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of the capital Addis Ababa.

Source: Ethiopian News February 16, 2023 03:43 UTC