Over 50 people have been killed and dozens more injured in Ethiopia's Oromia region after security forces confronted protesters at a festival.
Witnesses say some people died in a panicked stampede after police employed tear gas and rubber bullets.
Thousands had gathered for a religious festival in Bishoftu, around 40 kilometres from the capital Addis Ababa.
It comes just hours after a candlelight vigil in Sydney by parts of Australia's Ethiopian community over what they say is a government campaign of violence in their homeland.
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