Ethiopian Federal Government Warns Somali Regional StateOctober 9, 2017 - The Ethiopian federal government issued a warning to the Ethiopian Somali regional state communication bureau to stop publishing and distributing inciting messages immediately, reports Addis Standard. The warning particularity mentioned a statement released on Idris Ismael Abdi's page on Tuesday Oct. 05 referring to "The Oromo Peoples war against Ethiopian Somalis". The statement further warned similar acts from other regional state communication bureaus and said the relevant government body will further investigate the matter and decide on the next step. Although they appear to be measured responses, his counterpart from the Oromia Regional State, Addisu Arega Kitessa, has also been using his Facebook page to respond to allegations from Idris Ismael Abdi in the initial period of the violence, which has now displaced more than 15,000 Oromos from the Somali regional state. The Federal Broadcast Authority has already issued and circulated a letter among regional and federal government communication affairs bureaus and state owned media organizations calling on all to refrain from disseminating inciting materials regarding the conflict.

Source: Ethiopian News October 09, 2017 20:03 UTC