In an interview with FRANCE 24, Zadig Abraha, the Ethiopian minister in charge of democratization, accused "external forces" of playing a role in recent violence in the country in which more than 200 people were killed. He also accused forces opposed to changes ushered in by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of being behind the unrest, without specifying who they were. The Ethiopian minister accused forces opposed to changes ushered in by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of being behind the unrest, without specifying who they were. He said well-known Oromo activists such as Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba were linked to the violence and thus arrested. He also accused "external forces" of involvement in the violence but didn't endorse claims by some Ethiopian officials that Egypt was fomenting trouble.

Source: Ethiopian News July 10, 2020 12:33 UTC