About 50
people were killed in weekend clashes in Ethiopia between police and
anti-government protesters, opposition and diplomatic sources told
AFP on Monday. Protests swept the vast Oromia region and even reached
the capital Addis Ababa.
“We
have reports of between 48 to 50 protesters killed in Oromia. This
death toll might be higher because there were a lot of wounded,”
said Merera Gudina, leader of the opposition Oromo People’s
Congress.
A diplomat
confirmed 49 people were killed across Oromia, a region straddling
central-western Ethiopia, and in Amhara, in the north. “They
appear to be low level, quite disorganized protests scattered all
around.”
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