NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Lawmakers in Ethiopia voted Tuesday to end the country's three-month state of emergency early as mediation efforts to end a deadly war in the north continue in the Horn of Africa nation. The state of emergency was imposed in early November as Tigray regional forces fighting Ethiopian and allied forces moved closer to the capital, Addis Ababa. Thousands of mainly ethnic Tigrayans were detained under the state of emergency, according to witnesses, lawyers and human rights groups. There was no immediate word Tuesday on when the rest of the people detained under the state of emergency would be released. Ahead of Tuesday's vote, an advisory committee within the Ethiopian parliament said the lifting of the state of emergency would help revive the country's economic and diplomatic situation.

Source: Ethiopian News February 16, 2022 00:32 UTC