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ADDIS ABEBA (Reuters) – Protesters in the north-east of Ethiopia
the region has put an end to a blockade of the main road of the landlocked country
the sea that was imposed on Sunday to demonstrate against the impetuous ethnic group
violence, police and organizers said Tuesday.
Ethiopia has been the victim of ethnic violence since last year, which has caused the displacement of about 3 million people.
criticism
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who took office in April, said his own
political reforms have allowed the re-emergence of inactive ethnic rivalries
The second most populous nation of Africa.
The blockade of the
The highway linking Ethiopia and Djibouti has followed the latest deadly fights
among the ethnic Afars and Issa Somalis, who are a minority in the area,
which broke out in December. The locals say dozens have been killed.
Far
the elders said the attacks were an attempt to snatch inhabited areas from
Issas far from the region. A rebel group Afar said the attacks were
supported by ethnic Somalis from Djibouti and Somalia.
The demonstrators
they were demonstrating against violence and a local government order
militias to get out of disputed areas and be replaced by federals
soldiers.
"The leadership of the region, local elders have held discussions
this led to a solution and at the end of the block, "federal
Police spokesman Jeylan Abdi told reporters. A witness in the area
confirmed the measure.
Djibouti manages about 95 percent of everything
incoming trade for Ethiopia, a nation of 105 million and an economic one
power in East Africa.
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