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  • Ethiopia arrests former president of the Somali region

    10/24/2018 2:43:40 AM PDT · by piasa · 4 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Mon, August 27, 2018 12:39 PM Updated: Mon, August 27, 2018 12:39 PM
    <p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The former president of Ethiopia's Somali region was arrested Monday, the state broadcaster ETV reported.</p> <p>The dismissal and arrest of Abdi Mohammed Omar, a well-known politician from the country's eastern area, came after unrest in the Somali region's capital, Jigjiga, and other towns in recent weeks in which ethnic Somalis, suspected to be connected to Abdi, attacked people from other ethnic backgrounds.</p>