Saada Youssef, from the Oromo ethnic group, lived without problems for years in the important Somali community in eastern Ethiopia. “While we were in the truck, people threw stones at us,” the young woman told AFP, recalling her escape on board a heavyweight sent to evacuate the inhabitants Oromo ethnic group in the neighboring region of Somali. While the events triggering the recent violence between Oromo and Somali remain unclear, their consequences are tragic. The Oromo and Somali leaders accused each other of committing atrocities. Somali highlight an incident in Awaday, a locality in the Oromia region where, according to them, Oromo killed 18 Somali traders selling khat, a popular euphoria plant in Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News October 09, 2017 19:30 UTC