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Ethiopia accuses 'foreign enemies' of fuelling protests
Posted at 13:51
Reuters
Campaigners say the security forces have disrupted peaceful protests
Ethiopia's government has accused "foreign enemies", social media
activists and "terrorist groups" of being behind the riots which have
swept through its north-western and southern regions, the
state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) reports.
Protesters were arrested for destroying property and killing the
security forces and citizens during the unauthorised demonstrations in
the Oromia and Amhara regions at the weekend, it quotes a government
statement as saying.
Arrests were also made in the capital, Addis Ababa, the statement added.
The "destructive forces" would be brought to justice, and would not be
allowed to jeopardise Ethiopia's peace and development, FBC quotes the
statement as saying.
The government has been facing protests from the two largest ethnic
communities over alleged human rights abuses and other issues.
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