"American killed in Ethiopia as protests surge after stampede"

An American woman was killed by a rock thrown in a town outside the Ethiopian capital, the US embassy said Wednesday, as anti-government anger sparked fresh protests after a deadly stampede. Protesters stoned the vehicle the woman was travelling in as demonstrations sprung up in parts of the capital and the restive Oromia region on Tuesday, several targeting foreign companies, after the weekend stampede blamed on police...Ethiopia is facing its biggest anti-government unrest in a decade, from the majority Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups which feel marginalised by a minority-led government…

Protests have subsequently broken out in several parts of the Oromia region and elsewhere, some targeting foreign companies which are regarded as supporting and being backed by the central government. In the southern Awash valley a Dutch fruit juice company AfricaJuice was attacked by protesters. "The farm was targeted by a very large group of people. Two of our staff have been injured," chief executive officer Harry Van Neer told AFP...