05/08/2018
Violence Follows Ethiopian Army Deployment to Eastern Region
Officials in Ethiopia's Somali region say 29 people were killed as a result of violence Saturday in the regional capital, Jigjiga. Khadar Abdi Ismail, a senior official with the region's ruling Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party told VOA Somali he blames federal government forces for the deaths. Soldiers were deployed Friday in Jigjiga after an apparent rift between local...
