Ethiopian National Security Council (ENSC) on Wednesday said security situation in the East African country has improved in the past 45 days. Siraj Fegessa, Defence Minister of Ethiopia and Coordinator at ENSC, said measures undertaken to prevent road blockage by protesters and illegal rallies were successful. Ethiopia faced unrest in 2016 that killed hundreds dubbed by analysts as the gravest challenge to the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front in 25 years. The unrest, which focused on the two most populous regional states Oromia and Amhara led to imposition of martial law in October 2016 which was only lifted in August 2017. However, the Ethiopian Government became alarmed at growing signs of renewed unrest in the two regional states from September.

Source: Ethiopian News January 10, 2018 21:00 UTC