Ethiopia's defense minister announced the arrests of the "main instigators" linked to anti-government protests roiling the country, insisting that armed federal patrols were trying to minimize violence. He said only that it was less than during a state of emergency from October 2016 to August 2017. At least six civilians have been killed by security forces since then, based on eyewitness and other expert accounts reported to VOA. The slain man's wife, Kenatu Gurmessa, told VOA: "These things happened in front of me, in my house. They purportedly had been shot by security forces.

Source: Ethiopian News March 08, 2018 06:22 UTC