(APA)Egypt expresses hope for stability in Ethiopia as clashes leave dozens dead

Posted by: APA Posted date : December 22, 2015 at 12:20 

Egypt has expressed hope on Monday that things will become stable in Ethiopia as the latter has been witnessing weeks of clashes between protesters and the security forces that has so far left 75 dead according to Human Rights Watch. 


“That is an Ethiopian domestic affair and Egypt is looking forward to the situation stabilizing and a resumption of economic and social development in the country,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a statement. 

“Ethiopia is a big and important African country, and its stability emboldens the continent’s interests, including Egypt’s.” 

Clashes broke out in November as students from the Oromia region protested government plans to seize lands belonging to the country’s largest ethnic group and allegedly selling the land to companies from foreign countries for cultivation