GoFere cancelled (Photo: Instagram/diamondplatnumz)The eagerly awaited Go Fere Afro Beats Festival that was to be graced by Diamond Platnumz and Rayvanny on Saturday 23, 2019 has been called off until further notice. The shows postponement comes days after a coup attempt in the host country, Ethiopia, by an army general in the northern state of Amhara left three officials dead. Announcing the postponement on his Instagram page, Diamond Platnumz mourned with Ethiopians as he confirmed the event s cancellation. “Gofere AfroBeats Festival in Addis, Ethiopia has been Postponed till further notice due to the Tragic Incidents that happened in Ethiopia. Within moments, the assailants had shot dead Amhara’s president, an aide and fatally wounded the state’s attorney general.”The Ethiopian police have however arrested 57 suspects from the Amhara political party believed to have taken part in the failed coup.

Source: Ethiopian News June 27, 2019 09:31 UTC