source: Africa News
actor1: Government of Ethiopia (2018-)
actor2: ESPDP: Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party
location: Addis Ababa
notes: Arrests: 27 August. The former regional president of the Somali region in Ethiopia, Abdi Mohamed Omer, commonly known as Abdi Illey has been arrested, a day after the state stripped him of immunity, along with six other officials in Addis Ababa. Three days later, the Police Commissioner of Somali region was arrested in Jigjiga on suspicion of leading the Hego youth militia and involvement in the recent chaos in the region.