Ethiopia: Rioters have set fire to trucks and machinery at the Dangote cement plant at Ada Berga in Oromia, according to the Ethiopian state broadcaster Fana. The riots have followed the deaths of at least 55 people in a stampede at a local religious festival on 2 October 2016. Regional government offices were also set on fire and a police station was stormed during the fracas.
Rioters attack Dangote cement plant in Ethiopia
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