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The declaration of the state of emergency followed massive protests by the Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups against the government, which was dominated by the Tigray People's Liberation Front, largely consisting of Tigrayans, a smaller ethnic group. [7] The 2016 state of emergency was the first in about 25 years in Ethiopia. [8]
The Ethiopian Government declared a state of emergency on 8 October 2016. On 16 October 2016, the government announced, restrictions and prohibitions on Internet usage, postings on Facebook, crossing the wrists above the head, diplomatic travel, fire arms and the viewing of media that the government deems to be “terrorist media”. [79]
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) suffered a defeat in June 2021 when forced to withdraw from the Tigray Region in the north of Ethiopia, and several thousand of its soldiers were taken captive. The state of emergency in November was declared after Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) took Dessie and Kombolcha, "strategically located towns" on a north-south highway leading to the capital ...
August. August 5 - Student protests erupt in Addis Ababa and quickly spread across the country. August 8 - Over 50 protesters are killed by security forces over the past few days. Internet and journalist access is also restricted by the government.
After two-years long unrests and protests and a state of emergency, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned from office on 15 February 2018 as prime minister and EPRDF chairman, hoping to end the decade longstanding conflict and political upheaval in the country. [41] In March 2018, the EPRDF nominated Abiy Ahmed to succeed him as prime minister and was elected by the Ethiopian parliament ...
A six-month state of emergency was declared on 4 August 2023 by the Ethiopian government in response to severe conflict and instabilities in Amhara Region after the Amhara militia Fano and the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) clashed in several locations in the region on 1 August. [1] On 3 August, the Amhara Region government requested additional help to the federal troops. The fighting ...
The Merawi massacre was the extrajudicial killing and massacre of 50 to 100 residents in the town of Merawi in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia by the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), [1] [2] [3] between 29–30 January 2024. [4] The massacre occurred after an attack on an Ethiopian military garrison by the Fano militia. Four survivors attributed the motivation for the massacre as revenge ...
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state during a natural disaster, civil unrest, armed conflict, medical pandemic or epidemic or other biosecurity risk.