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Thousands of people are fleeing Ethiopia’s Somali region following clashes in recent days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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Eighteen people are confirmed dead following protests which erupted in towns in the east of the country, Adisu Arega, spokesperson of the Oromia regional government, told the BBC.<\/p>\n

He said 12 of the dead were ethnic Somalis while the remaining six were Oromos.<\/p>\n

The spokesman said that the trouble began when a special unit of police from the neighbouring Somali region arrested officials from Oromia, who were then killed.<\/p>\n

This sparked protests and clashes between the two communities in eastern Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

Over the past few weeks there have been clashes in several villages on both sides of the border separating Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regions.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson of the Oromia regional government alleged that a special police and militia force of the Somali regional government as well as armed soldiers from the republic of Somalia had carried out killings deep inside Oromia region.<\/p>\n

Officials on the other side of the regional border have a very different view on the events.<\/p>\n

Mohammed Bile, an adviser of the Somali regional state president, told the BBC that the Oromo regional police were carrying out attacks against civilians at the regions common border.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are targeting unarmed peaceful Somali civilians in those areas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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