The fighting between members of the two largest groups in the country has displaced more than 50 000 people. PRETORIA – The Ethiopian government says hundreds of people have died in ethnic clashes in the eastern part of that country. The fighting between members of the two largest groups in the country has displaced more than 50,000 people. Information Minister Negeri Lencho says that the exact death toll in more than a week of fighting between Oromo and Somali groups has not been ascertained. Deadly fighting over the status of disputed settlements and agricultural resources has torn the area for decades.

Source: Ethiopian News September 27, 2017 06:45 UTC