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Government Lifts 10-Month State Of Emergency in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa(August 5, 2017): Ethiopia’s government  lifted a state of emergency imposed in October after hundreds of people were killed in anti-government protests demanding wider political freedoms.

It was some of the country’s worst violence since the ruling party came to power in 1991.

More than 600 people were killed in nearly a year of protests that first ignited in the Oromia region and spread into the Amhara region and the capital, Addis Ababa. Demands included an end arbitrary arrests and respect for regional autonomy.

Lawmakers in the East African nation voted to end the emergency law that restricted a number of rights and led to the arrests of more than 21,000 people. It also hurt one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.

The state of emergency was imposed after a deadly stampede at a religious celebration in October as police confronted protesters. The emergency law was extended in March.

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