Dangote's Factory Was Attacked By Protesters in Ethiopia's Restive Region

Dangote group was attacked by protesters in Ethiopia’s Oromia region The Oromia region lies south of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and is the center of the Oromia protests last year which Human Rights Watch reported that over 400 protesters were killed.

The attacks followed a deadly stampede at a festival over the weekend.Trucks and machinery belonging to Dangote group was destroyed by the Protestant The attack which took place in the town of Ada Berga targeted the cement factory owned by Africa’s richest man Nigerian Aliko Dangote. Dangote cement is Africa’s largest cement company with plants in Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Zambia, Tanzania & South Africa.

At least 55 people where killed as a result of the stampede. The activists claims that security forces opened fire at the festival, causing the stampede but the government denies it.

Among the thousands of festival participants, a number of them marched chanting anti-government slogans and their arms crossed above their heads.