Ethiopia Declares State of Emergency to Stop Protests

The Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency effective immediately following a week of anti-government violence that resulted in deaths and property damage across the country, especially in the restive Oromia region.   In a televised address on Sunday morning, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said the state of emergency was declared because there has been an `enormous' damage to property that was carried out in his country.   "We put our...

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