Most of abducted Ethiopian children rescued from South Sudan

Victims of the 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. At least 216 people were killed and 136 children abducted in the cross-border raid into Ethiopia's south-western Gambella region on April 15. PHOTO | AFP

Eighty-eight Ethiopian children abducted in April by South Sudanese gunmen have been released and returned home, the UN children's agency Unicef said Thursday.

At least 216 people were killed and 136 children abducted in the cross-border raid into Ethiopia's south-western Gambella region on April 15.