Chinese company attacked in Ethiopia 
  (Xinhua/Agencies)  Updated: 2007-04-24 17:18  
Addis Ababa -- A group of unidentified gunmen attacked a Chinese oil 
company's working field in Ethiopia's Somalia state early Tuesday morning, and 
there were casualties, an official from the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia 
confirmed on Tuesday.
  The Xinhua report said the oil field was in Somalia 
state, one of nine states making up Ethiopia. 
  Ethiopia is heavily 
involved in the violence in the neighboring country of Somalia, where Ethiopian 
troops are backing government forces in a fight with insurgents. 
  Chinese oil workers have also been targeted in Nigeria by armed 
militants. In March, two Chinese workers were kidnapped in Nigeria. In January, 
nine Chinese oil workers were taken when gunmen stormed the government-owned 
Chinese National Petroleum Co. office in Nigeria's state of Bayelsa. 
  In 
another incident in southern Nigeria's Rivers state the same month, five Chinese 
telecommunication workers were kidnapped and safely returned within two 
weeks.  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
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