Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed defends his government and the country's armed forces against accusations of negligence following a series of recent grisly massacres in its restive region. Abiy also tells lawmakers that his government allocated a budget for the Tigray region for the next fiscal year. Hundreds of people -- mostly ethnic Amhara-- were killed in recent weeks in two separate attacks in western Oromia, the country's most populous region, and one roiled by ethnic violence in recent years. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES