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Published: 09:42, November 03, 2021 | Updated: 09:53, November 03, 2021
Ethiopia announces nationwide state of emergency rule
By Xinhua
Published:09:42, November 03, 2021 Updated:09:53, November 03, 2021 By Xinhua

Captured Ethiopian government soldiers and allied militia members are paraded by Tigray forces through the streets in open-top trucks, center, as they arrived to be taken to a detention center in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Oct 22, 2021. ( PHOTO / AP)

ADDIS ABABA - The Ethiopian government on Tuesday disclosed a nationwide state of emergency rule amid expanding conflict in the northern part of the country.

The decision was made by the Ethiopian Council of Ministers, which is expected to be endorsed by the Ethiopian House of People's Representatives  within the coming two days period.

The state of emergency will remain in force for six months.

The move came amid deteriorating conditions in northern parts of the country, as the conflict that erupted a year ago in the Tigray region between the Ethiopian federal government and forces loyal to the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front expanded to neighboring Amhara  and Afar regions

The move came amid deteriorating conditions in northern parts of the country, as the conflict that erupted a year ago in the Tigray region between the Ethiopian federal government and forces loyal to the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front expanded to neighboring Amhara and Afar regions, and eventually approaching to central parts of the country in recent weeks.

Since the early hours of Nov 4, 2020, the Ethiopian government has been undertaking military operations against the TPLF.

However, the government in late June announced a unilateral ceasefire in the country's conflict-affected northernmost Tigray regional state. Forces loyal to the TPLF soon took control of much of the area in the region, including the regional capital. The conflict has since then expanded to the Amhara and Afar regions, neighboring Tigray.

READ MORE: Ethiopia leader urges citizens to join war against Tigray forces

The HoPR, the lower house of the Ethiopian parliament, had previously designated the TPLF as a terrorist organization.


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