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Ethiopia locates kids abducted in cross border raids

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Ethiopia locates kids abducted in cross border raids
The Ethiopian army has reportedly  located and surrounded the area in neighbouring South Sudan where it believes that more than a hundred Ethiopian kids are being held hostage.
Reports say the children were abducted in a cross-border raid in the Gambella last Friday in which about 208 people lost their lives.
Those who were killed in attack are being mourned in Ethiopia with flags flying at half mast with the government saying members of the Murle community were responsible for the raids.
According to Ethiopia’s  Fana Broadcasting Corporate agency, a government official in Gambella said that the abducted children would soon be rescued.
South Sudan acting Foreign Minister Peter Bashir Gbandi is set to travel to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, on Friday to coordinate the mission, the AP news agency reports.
It says that South Sudan does not want Ethiopian troops to go deeper into the country.
The area where the children are being held “is full of jungle”, AP quotes Mr Bashir as saying.

 

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