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Ethiopia Mourns Dead After Ethnic Violence Breaks Out

Salem Solomon

   Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says his country remains united
   after a week of violent clashes left at least 67 people dead and
   several religious sites destroyed.
   Now, he is trying to restore calm.
   In a statement issued Saturday, Abiy said he was deeply saddened by the
   spate of attacks.

   "This is a test that shows if Ethiopians don't work together in
   collaboration and in unison, that it could turn our road to be a
   difficult and a scary one," he wrote in Amharic.
   The clashes began Wednesday, when a prominent activist from the Oromo
   ethnic group, Jawar Mohammed, publicly accused government security
   forces of plotting an attack against him, a claim denied by local
   police.
   

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