Abducted Ethiopian Children: 41 Found ‘Safe, Well’

Forty one of more than 100 Ethiopian children abducted in a cross-border raid last month have been found safe and well in South Sudan, the country’s presidential spokesman has told the BBC.

Officials were working to get the children reunited with their families in Ethiopia’s western Gambella region, Ateny Wek Ateny said.

The children were kidnapped by members of South Sudan’s Murle community, who have previously been accused of carrying out cattle raids and stealing children to raise as their own.

Those who have been located are in the hands of Murle chiefs, Wek said.

Ethiopian forces are still in South Sudan to assist in the search for the other missing children, he said, adding that they had not fired any shots.