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Ethiopia’s lower house of parliament has approved a state of emergency declared in connection with the ongoing violence in the country’s Amhara region, the BBC reported. The parliament’s session, unusually, was not televised but according to a report posted on the House’s Facebook page, the decree was approved with a …

Government in Ethiopia has declared a nationwide state of emergency as war escalates in several regions in the country. The government had earlier urged people in the capital Addis Ababa to arm themselves, as rebels from the northern Tigray region advance to the south. A local news site, Addis Standard, …