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President of Ethiopia's Turbulent Somali Region Resigns

Abdi Mohamoud Omar has stepped down from his post and been replaced by the region's former finance minister Ahmed Abdi Mohamed after fighting broke out after an apparent rift between local authorities and the central Ethiopian government. The army was called to intervene.

Ethiopia: President of Ethiopia's Turbulent Somali Region Resigns

VOA, 6 August 2018

The president of Ethiopia's turbulent Somali region has resigned, following violence in the regional capital killed at least 29 people. Read more »

The fed defense force moving into Jigjiga city, the capital of the Ethiopian Somali regional state.

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