Ethnic clashes in Ethiopia’s Oromia region kill 200

More than 200 people have been killed following fighting in western Ethiopia.

The state-appointed Ethiopia Human Rights Commission said the rebel Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) had killed about 150 people.

Local officials told the BBC that fighters from the Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups clashed over two days last week in East Wollega Zone in the Oromia region.

One eyewitness told the BBC that bodies had washed up in a river nearby and were later buried.

East Wollega has a significant Amhara population and its fertile lands have been a source of tension between the two communities.