EPRDF Declares Second State of Emergency Amid Wide Protests

AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia –  Ethiopian officials have declared a state of emergency amid widespread anti-government protests that have persisted for more than two years and in which hundreds have been killed and several thousand detained, the majority of whom have since been released. It is Ethiopia’s second state of emergency in two years and…

Eprdf limits foreign diplomats’ movements

New restrictions are part of a six-month state of emergency declared by the government eight days ago. Ethiopia has also banned access to foreign-based opposition media [Tiksa Negeri/Reuters] Ethiopia has restricted foreign diplomats’ travel, in new provisions of a state of emergency as part of its response to an unprecedented wave of anti-government protests. Inside Story –…