UC Davis Academic Sharon Gray Killed by Protesters in Ethiopia
An American has been killed during a wave of demonstrations over land and political rights in Ethiopia.
University of California, Davis officials say that Sharon Gray, a postdoctoral researcher in its plant biology department, died when the vehicle she was riding in was struck by rocks thrown by protesters.
The university said in a statement that Gray was the East African country for a meeting about her research when she was killed Tuesday in the outskirts of the capital, Addis Ababa.