An Ethiopian High Court has formally charged two individuals with inciting violence during an annual festival in October 2016. The events after that led to the declaration of a state of emergency in the country. The Irrecha thanksgiving festival of the Oromia people in central Ethiopia was disrupted in October last year after police fired teargas to disperse protesters in the town of Bishoftu. A six-month state of emergency was declared three days after the incident. The government extended the state of emergency in April for a further three months despite the return to relative calm.

Source: Ethiopian News May 27, 2017 11:37 UTC