THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DEADLY ETHIOPIA RELIGIOUS RIOTS

an Ethiopian court has sentenced three people to death and jailed five others for life over the killing of six people during religious riots last year, the state-run media said. The riots were between Christians and Muslims, with 5 churches and over 600 houses being burned. The sentences were handed down for charges of murder, attempted murder and forceful conversions around the western town of Jimma.