ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia's government on Friday declared a state of emergency in its second-largest region, Amhara, following days of clashes between the military and local Fano militiamen. Fighting that broke out earlier this week has quickly become Ethiopia's most serious security crisis since a two-year civil war in neighbouring Tigray region ended last November. The declaration gives the government the power to ban public gatherings, make arrests without warrants, and to impose curfews. Ethiopian Airlines had cancelled flights to three of the four airports it flies to in Amhara, an airline spokesperson said. The war in Tigray was rooted in tensions between regional and federal authority as well as old grievances between ethnic groups.

Source: Ethiopian News August 04, 2023 11:15 UTC