The state of emergency declared by the Ethiopian government on Friday following the resignation of Prime Minister Hailamariam Desalegn will remain in force for six months. I do not believe that a state of emergency will bring peace and stability to the country. “I do not believe that a state of emergency will bring peace and stability to the country. We still don’t know what the state of emergency has in store for us, but we’ll see what happens next,” says Mulushewa Kebede. Relative calm had only returned with the establishment of a state of emergency between October 2016 and August 2017 and thousands of arrests.

Source: Ethiopian News February 18, 2018 20:03 UTC