Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopia's parliament on Tuesday approved the creation of a reconciliation commission as the government seeks to end intercommunal ethnic violence, state-affiliated Fana radio said. But his mandate has been marked by ethnic violence, mainly between the Oromo community and other minority groups in several parts of the Horn of Africa nation. "The objective of the Commission is to maintain peace, justice, national unity and consensus and also reconciliation among Ethiopian peoples," Fana reported on its website. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, at least 2.4 million people have been displaced inside Ethiopia by intercommunal violence. Rights groups have for years accused Ethiopian security forces of abuses, mainly against suspected members of rebel groups opposed to the EPRDF ruling party.

Source: Ethiopian News December 25, 2018 19:41 UTC