Ethiopia: Rebels take over western district
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
Ethiopia鈥檚 state-run human rights commission says local government officials had to flee the district of Sedal in the western state of Benishangul-Gumuz, and that an armed group is now in near total control of the area.
Plus, the latest on the African Union鈥檚 peace and security council meeting taking place in Addis Ababa and covering the political crises in Chad and Somalia.
And the women displaced by the conflict in Cameroon鈥檚 English-speaking regions who have been forced to turn to sex work in order to survive.
(Photo: Survivors of a massacre in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia pictured at an IDP camp; Credit: Getty Images)
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