Ethiopia: Council of Ministers Green Lights State of Emergency Declaration in Restive Amhara Region

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's Council of Ministers (CoM) in its 23rd regular meeting has this morning passed a unanimous decision for a declaration of a state of emergency in the restive Amhara regional state, where months-long militarized engagement between government forces and the non-state Fano militia is increasing, and as it is "necessary to take emergency measures to maintain public peace and security and to enforce law and order."