19 kidnapped Ethiopian children freed in South Sudan
Victims of the recent attack in Gambella, Ethiopia recover at an ICRC-supported hospital in Maiwut in the Upper Nile region, about 20 kilometres from Gambella, on May 3, 2016. The health facility is now providing medical and surgical care to the wounded of recent attacks near Gambella in Ethiopia where more than 200 people were killed and over 100 children abducted. PHOTO | AFP
Nineteen Ethiopian children who were kidnapped last month by South Sudanese gunmen have been released, the Ethiopian government announced Tuesday, with negotiations underway to free dozens of others.
The children, who were among more than a hundred abducted during a cross-border tribal raid on April 15, were freed peacefully following mediation by South Sudanese authorities, the government in Addis Ababa said.
