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Ethiopia Imposes State of Emergency Over Amhara Clashes
Ethiopia Imposes State of Emergency Over Amhara Clashes
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Media has reported fighting between security forces and local militias from the Fano unit in northern Ethiopia, who have taken control of the region's major... 04.08.2023, Sputnik Africa
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Ethiopia's Council of Ministers has declared a state of emergency after fighting between regular troops and local militias widened in the Amhara region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office said in a statement.According to the statement, the decision was motivated by the "damage" caused to the political, economic and social activities of the region by "attacks carried out by armed extremist groups."The authorities added that the government has repeatedly called on the militias to implement peace, yet "the threat to national security and public peace is increasing day by day."A day earlier, the government of the Amhara region requested help from central authorities to resolve violent clashes between security forces and militias.The clashes in Amhara came amid attempts by federal authorities to disarm local militias to take control of security in the region.Amhara militia units fought alongside government troops against Tigray rebels who mutinied against the federal government in November 2020 but signed a peace deal with it two years later and laid down arms.Ethiopian Airlines has likewise suspended flights to cities in the Lalibela and Gondar regions in view of current events, French media reported.
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Ethiopia Imposes State of Emergency Over Amhara Clashes
Media has reported fighting between security forces and local militias from the Fano unit in northern Ethiopia, who have taken control of the region's major cities.
Ethiopia's Council of Ministers has declared a state of emergency after fighting between regular troops and local militias widened in the Amhara region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office said in a statement.
According to the statement, the decision was
motivated by the "damage" caused to the political, economic and social activities of the region by "attacks carried out by armed extremist groups."
"It was found necessary to declare a state of emergency as it became difficult to control this unrestrained activity based on the regular legal system," the statement read.
The authorities added that the government has repeatedly called on the militias to implement peace, yet "the threat to national security and public peace is increasing day by day."
The council's step is based on article 93 of the Federal Constitution, which grants the body the right to declare a state of emergency in the event of "a breakdown of law and order which endangers the constitutional order."
A day earlier, the government of the Amhara region requested help from central authorities to resolve violent clashes between security forces and militias.
The clashes in Amhara came amid attempts by federal authorities to disarm local militias to take control of
security in the region.
Amhara militia units fought alongside government troops against Tigray rebels who mutinied against the federal government in November 2020 but signed a peace deal with it two years later and
laid down arms.As the press noted, the signing of the peace agreement infuriated Amhara's nationalists.
Ethiopian Airlines has likewise suspended flights to cities in the Lalibela and Gondar regions in view of current events, French media reported.
