The ongoing protest in Ethiopia’s Oromia region has affected a cement
factory owned by Alhaji Aliko Dangote yesterday. According to reports,
the factory was torched by angry protesters, the government said.
Ethiopia media also reports that the protesters were angered by the
death of over 50 people during a stampede at a religious festival in the
country which took place on Sunday. Eyewitnesses have however said
hundreds of people died in the stampede as against the figure of the
government.
During the attack on the factory located in Ada Berga, reports said the
protesters descended on factory trucks and machinery at the cement
factory and burnt them.