Ethiopian Prime Minister

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Monday that fighters involved in recent attacks on civilians in the west of the country were receiving training and shelter in neighbouring Sudan and that Khartoum’s assistance was needed to stabilise the area.

Abiy’s government had previously said little about what was driving the violence in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, which opposition politicians have described as ethnically motivated.

At least 12 people were killed in an attack in the region’s Metekel zone last week, while at least 15 died in a similar attack in late September.