06/10/2016 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 4 October, the European Union expressed its solidarity with the people of Ethiopia after several people died last Sunday last at the traditional Irrechaa Festival at Bishoftu in the Oromia region. Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse ethnic Oromo anti-government protesters and a stampede ensued. Describing the events as a “tragedy”, the spokesperson of the European External Action Service expressed the EU’s...