More than a million Ethiopians have been driven from their homes this year, mostly by ethnic violence. It was three years of anti-government protests spearheaded by the Oromo people, Ethiopia’s biggest ethnic group, that helped bring Abiy, an Oromo, to power in April after his predecessor resigned. The protests stopped, but they have been replaced this summer by clashes between groups looking to settle age-old disputes about land. July also saw clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Bale area of Oromia and mob attacks on ethnic minorities including Tigrayans and Somalis. Recently elected Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington on July 28.

Source: Ethiopian News August 25, 2018 10:02 UTC