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Ethiopia Imposes Six-Month State of Emergency

HeadlineFeb 19, 2018

The Ethiopian government has imposed a six-month state of emergency, one day after the Ethiopian prime minister’s abrupt resignation Thursday amid widespread anti-government protests. It was the first time in modern Ethiopian history that a sitting prime minister had quit. Despite the ban on all protests and strikes, there are reports the regional capital city of Gondar in northern Ethiopia is on strike today, in protest of the state of emergency.

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