'Armed group takes over' Ethiopia county

By George Obulutsa and Timothy Heritage
Updated April 23 2021 - 3:49am, first published 3:45am
Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region is home to the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region is home to the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

An armed group has taken control of a county in western Ethiopia, the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says, citing reports that civilians had been killed and public servants kidnapped.

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