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Violence in the south Ethiopia since June has forced more than 800,000 people to flee their homes and they need food and other help.
According to a report of the United Nations and the Government.
Inter-ethnic violence erupted in April about 400 km south of the capital and more than 1.2 million people were forced to flee, according to a report that gave no details of the victims.
"The renewed violence in the border areas of the Gedeo and West Guji areas since early June has resulted in the displacement of more than 642,152 internally displaced persons in the Gedeo zone and 176,098 displaced persons in the western zone of Guji from the Oromia region.The number of Ethiopians entering Kenya reaches 8500, more expected – Red Cross
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Traditional leaders encouraged the movement of people The people returned home after the initial fighting in April, but many fled again in June, says the report.
" The security situation was difficult despite the deployment of the defense forces Ethiopia "
Ethiopia is an ethnically diverse country of 100 million people and ethnic discontent has ali events that led to the resignation. by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in February
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in April and promised political and economic reforms to address the claims of marginalization by a number of ethnic groups, including his own group, Oromos. Reuters that more than 200 people were killed over the past month, but said the figure was an estimate because a lack of security made confirmation impossible.
Fighting is one of several ethnic conflicts fueled by land claims in Ethiopia Africa's second largest country in terms of population
last year , dozens of people died in acts of violence between the Somali and Oromo ethnic groups. Hundreds of thousands have fled their homes and have yet to return.
The ruling coalition of Ethiopia took power in 1991 and created regional states based on ethnicity in a federal republic
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