Ethiopia Declares State of Emergency Amid Wide Protests

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 the second state of emergency in two years and comes a day after the prime minister resigned. "The current situation in the country has come to a point where it can't be handled with normal peace protecting...

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