Image caption At least 30,000 people have fled their homesThousands of people have fled Ethiopia's Somali region following deadly clashes in recent days between ethnic Somalis and Oromos. Dozens of people are reported to have died in clashes across Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regions in recent days. The figures are however disputed by the Somali regional government, which says that more than 30 ethnic Somalis have been killed in the Oromia town of Awaday. While this heightened state of alert calmed most of the restive areas in the Oromia region, it did not stop cross-border clashes in the Oromia and Somali areas. Oromia and Somali are, respectively, the two largest regions in the country by area size, sharing a border of more than 1,400 km (870 miles).

Source: Ethiopian News September 15, 2017 18:11 UTC