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At least 61 dead after days of violence in Ethiopia's Oromiya region

Clashes are likely to fuel fears about security in Ethiopia, the region's biggest economy and a staunch Western ally

By Aaron Maasho

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 18 (Reuters) - At least 61 people have been killed in clashes between different ethnic groups in Ethiopia's Oromiya region, officials said, the latest bout of violence to highlight increasing instability in a province racked by bloody protests in 2015 and 2016.

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