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Tight security, many arrests for Ethiopian Irreecha festival

by Associated Press
| October 3, 2020 2:06 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, on Saturday celebrated the annual Thanksgiving festival of Irreecha amid tight security and a significantly smaller crowd due to political tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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