Some 11,607 people, including 347 women, arrested since state of emergency announced last month following protests. Authorities have arrested more than 11,000 people since Ethiopia declared a state of emergency early last month amid violent protests. "Some 11,607 individuals have so far been detained in six prisons, of which 347 are female, in connection with the state of emergency declared in the country," official Taddesse Hordofa said in a televised statement on Saturday. The emergency decree included restrictions on opposition party activity, curfews and a ban on diplomats travelling more than 40 kilometres outside the capital without authorisation. This figure is a huge increase to the 2,500 arrests that Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn's government had announced at the end of October.

Source: Ethiopian News November 12, 2016 20:52 UTC