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Dozens killed in new wave of Ethiopia protests

  ADDIS ADABA, Ethiopia (AFP) – Several dozen people were killed in weekend clashes in Ethiopia between police and anti-government demonstrators, as the authorities brutally suppressed a new wave of unrest in two key regions. Protests swept the vast state of Oromia and even reached the capital Addis Ababa, a rare event in a nation with a government considered among the most repressive in Africa. “We have reports of between 48 to 50 protesters killed in Oromia. […]