Protesters in Ethiopia's northeastern Afar region have blocked the landlocked country's main route to the sea to demonstrate against surging ethnic violence, organisers said on Monday. ADDIS ABABA: Protesters in Ethiopia's northeastern Afar region have blocked the landlocked country's main route to the sea to demonstrate against surging ethnic violence, organisers said on Monday. The demonstrators started a five-day blockade of the highway to neighbouring Djibouti on Sunday, Mahi Bule, a member of an organising committee said. AdvertisementDjibouti handles roughly 95 percent of all inbound trade for Ethiopia, a nation of 105 million and an economic power in East Africa. An Afar rebel group said the attacks were supported by ethnic Somalis from Djibouti and Somalia.

Source: Ethiopian News January 14, 2019 17:03 UTC