Ethiopia: Aid group says 2 workers killed amid violence

Associated Press

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An aid group says two of its workers have been killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. Catholic Relief Services made the announcement Monday amid a wave of civil unrest linked to a government decision to dissolve the security forces of the country’s 11 federal states and fold them into the federal forces. CRS said Chuol Tongyik, a security manager, and Amare Kindeya, a driver, were “shot and killed” while returning to Addis Ababa on Sunday. Protests and gun battles gripped several towns in Amhara over the weekend and in some places continued through Monday, according to residents. The unrest came after the government announced its intention to dissolve the federal states’ security forces because it said they pose a threat to the country’s security.