Ethiopia’s parliament extends state of emergency by four months

‘Ethiopia’s parliament has renewed a state of emergency that came into force last year following massive anti-government protests in the Horn of Africa country.
The legislature on Thursday approved a four-month extension to the measure, which was first declared by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn six months ago.
“The House unanimously voted to extend the state of emergency,” said a report in state media.
The report also quoted Defense Minister Siraj Fegessa as saying that the “extension is needed so as to take the prevailing relatively good peace and security situations to the point of no return.”
The extension comes amid continued protests against the government in some remote parts of Ethiopia.’
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