Ethiopian Government Has Declared a State of Emergency

Posted on October 9, 2016. Tags: , , ,

Government Has Declared a State of Emergency

 

 

The federal government has declared a state of emergency as of Saturday, October 8, 2016.

The cabinet of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has an emergency meeting on Saturday afternoon where the government declared the state of emergency at a time of deteriorating security situation in Oromia Regional State.

The state of emergency declared for the first time in 25 years, will last for six months.”It may be shortened depending on the improvement on the security front,” a senior government official told Fortune.


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