Ethiopian Parliament Forms Committee to Investigate Ethnic ConflictsDecember 29, 2017 - The Ethiopian House of People's Representatives announced the formation of a committee to probe the recent deadly dispute between two of Ethiopia's largest ethnic groups. A special committee has been assembled by the lower house to find the root causes of and solutions to the dispute between Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regional states. Recent clashes along the border of the two ethnic groups, Oromos and Ethiopian Somalis, have killed 78 people from both sides and displaced hundreds of thousands. In addition to investigating the nature of the conflict, the committee is also supporting humanitarian aid for displaced people, Minale said. She affirmed that the parliament will also strictly control and monitor executive bodies that failed in their duties concerning clashes among ethnic groups and the recent violent demonstrations that rocked universities across the East African country.

Source: Ethiopian News December 30, 2017 07:30 UTC