Ethiopia arrests over 170 anti-peace elements in Oromia region

Ethiopian authorities have arrested over 170 people in the country's Oromia regional state following a spate of deadly ethnic clashes, the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting corporate reports.

Security officials say the suspects are accused of various crimes including incitement to violence, illegal land grabbing, looting and ethnically motivated attacks.

The Oromia region had previously been the epicenter of nearly three years of often deadly anti-government protests by ethnic Oromos who at t…
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