1.0Kuwait News Gazettehttps://kuwaitnewsgazette.comWeb Deskhttps://kuwaitnewsgazette.com/author/webdesk/Water Shortage Protest Turns Deadly in Ethiopia's South - Kuwait News Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HlW8OsH1dt"><a href="https://kuwaitnewsgazette.com/water-shortage-protest-turns-deadly-in-ethiopias-south/">Water Shortage Protest Turns Deadly in Ethiopia’s South</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kuwaitnewsgazette.com/water-shortage-protest-turns-deadly-in-ethiopias-south/embed/#?secret=HlW8OsH1dt" width="600" height="338" title="“Water Shortage Protest Turns Deadly in Ethiopia’s South” — Kuwait News Gazette" data-secret="HlW8OsH1dt" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> A protest over water shortages in the southern Ethiopian town of Welkite turned deadly when, witnesses say, security forces opened fire on protesters, killing at least two people. The protest was started early Thursday morning by a group of elderly women holding jerry cans for carrying water and, according to one witness, gradually swelled to ... Read more