Death toll from mid-April ethnic clashes in Ethiopia may be 200, official says

FILE PHOTO: NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 13 potential fires on April 16, 2021 near Ataye, Amhara region, as shown on this Sentinel-2 image from April 18, 2021. NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System/Sentinel Hub/Handout via REUTERS

NAIROBI (Reuters) -The death toll in clashes this month between Ethiopia's two largest ethnic groups, the Oromo and Amhara, in the northern Amhara region may be as high as 200, a senior official said on Sunday, up from previous reports of at least 50.

Residents and officials in Oromiya Special Zone, an area in Amhara with a majority Oromo population, and the town of Ataye said there were deadly clashes in the area on April 16.