Oromo refugees attacked in Egypt as the Nile crisis deepens Created on Friday, 07 June 2013 08:14 By Mohammed Ademo

Oromo refugees attacked in Egypt as the Nile crisis deepens Created on Friday, 07 June 2013 08:14 inShare By Mohammed Ademo (OPride) – An Oromo interpreter for UNHCR in Cairo was beaten, denied police services, and subsequently charged extra for medical care on Thursday in retaliation for Ethiopia’s diversion of the Nile River to build a $4.7 billion hydroelectric dam, according to locals. “Our friend was beaten seriously by a group of Egyptian youth and he was nearly killed,” wrote Abdulkadir Noor Gumi, a Cairo-based community activist, in a frantic appeal letter sent to OPride.com.