Organized groups armed with guns and knives killed several civilians based on their ethnicity in Yaso district of Benishangul-Gumuz region on Thursday night, November 23 , Voice of America’s Mukitar Jemal reported. The witnesses also allege the Benishangul-Gumuz region’s security personnel and local administrators were involved in carrying out the attacks. The Berta and Gumuz ethnic groups are among the indigenous ethnic communities in the area, along with Shinasha, Mao and Komo. The region has also a large presence of ethnic Oromo, Amhara and Tigriayan, who are at times labelled as “foreigners”. An attack on leaders of the Benishangul-Gumuz regional authority on 25 September has caused the displacement of about 200,000 in both Oromia and Benishangul-Gumuz.

Source: Ethiopian News November 24, 2018 11:45 UTC