NAIROBI, Jan 1(Reuters) - Ethiopia's state-appointed human rights commission said on Friday that security forces killed at least 76 people and wounded nearly 200 during violent unrest in June and July that followed the killing of a popular singer. The "widespread and systematic attack" on civilians by attackers constituted crimes against humanity, the commission said. Ethnic violence has surged in many parts of Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation, since Abiy took office and lifted the lid on long-repressed tensions between more than 80 ethnic groups. The summer violence began amid protests triggered by the killing of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, a popular singer from the Oromo ethnic group, the country's largest. The rights commission the proportionality of the force employed in some parts of the response by security forces to the unrest was "highly questionable".

Source: Ethiopian News January 01, 2021 15:00 UTC