It is the latest unrest to hit Ethiopia since Abiy took power in 2018 pledging to open up one of Africa's most restrictive political and economic systems. July 2018 - Ethiopia and Eritrea, which fought a border war from 1998 to 2000, end two decades of formal hostilities by signing a peace deal. June 2022 - In one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in Ethiopia for years, gunmen in Oromiya kill about 340 civilians. November 2022 - The federal government and Tigray regional forces agree to cease hostilities after a two-year war that killed thousands, displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands facing famine. August 2023 - Fighting breaks out between the military and local Fano militiamen in Amhara, quickly becoming Ethiopia's most serious security crisis since the end of the Tigray war.

Source: Ethiopian News August 04, 2023 14:47 UTC