Ethiopia held a memorial on Tuesday for the army chief of staff slain at the weekend along with four other senior officials as part of what authorities describe as a foiled plot to seize control of Amhara region. Hundreds of soldiers and officers in uniform gathered for a ceremony in a huge hall in central Addis Ababa. Access to the internet appeared to be blocked across Ethiopia for the third straight day, users reported. They were led by Amhara’s head of state security General Asamnew Tsige, who had been openly recruiting fighters for ethnic militias in a state that has become a flashpoint for violence. In addition to the assassinations in the capital, Amhara state president Ambachew Mekonnen and an adviser were killed in the region’s main city Bahir Dar.

Source: Ethiopian News June 25, 2019 10:07 UTC