Ethiopia Protests: 67 Killed Amid Week of Anti-Gov’t Rallies

By Staff, Agencies

An estimated 67 people were killed in Ethiopia this week as protests against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed morphed into ethnic clashes, police said Friday.

"The total number dead in Oromia is 67," said Kefyalew Tefera, the regional police chief. "There are about 55 of them killed by the conflict between them, between the civilians and the rest are killed by the security forces."