ADDIS ABABA: More than 1,100 other folks were arrested in Ethiopia for the reason that nation declared a state of emergency following the top minister's resignation last month, state media reported Saturday.
Hailemariam Desalegn's marvel resignation got here after greater than two years of anti-government protests and extending divisions within the ruling birthday party.
The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has for the first time picked an ethnic Oromo, Abiy Ahmed, to be its new leader.
He is about to be sworn in as top minister early next week.
The state-affiliated Fana Broadcast Corporate mentioned 1,107 other folks were detained for violating the emergency decree, which suspends the charter and lets in police to carry other folks with out trial.
"They were detained for killing peaceful civilians and security forces, setting houses and financial institutions ablaze, illicit movement of firearms, destroying government and public institutions (and) blocking roads," Fana reported, bringing up Tadesse Hordofa, chairman of a board overseeing the decree.
Ethiopia spiralled into crisis in past due 2015 when the country's biggest ethnicity the Oromo began protesting a plan to amplify the borders of the capital Addis Ababa into the surrounding Oromia region.
A 10-month state of emergency declared in October 2016 quelled the unrest however handiest after hundreds of deaths and tens of hundreds of arrests.
The arrests underneath the newest state of emergency had been mainly in Oromia, but also within the Amhara region, the place anti-government sentiment may be strong, the broadcaster reported.
Hailemariam Desalegn's marvel resignation got here after greater than two years of anti-government protests and extending divisions within the ruling birthday party.
The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has for the first time picked an ethnic Oromo, Abiy Ahmed, to be its new leader.
He is about to be sworn in as top minister early next week.
The state-affiliated Fana Broadcast Corporate mentioned 1,107 other folks were detained for violating the emergency decree, which suspends the charter and lets in police to carry other folks with out trial.
"They were detained for killing peaceful civilians and security forces, setting houses and financial institutions ablaze, illicit movement of firearms, destroying government and public institutions (and) blocking roads," Fana reported, bringing up Tadesse Hordofa, chairman of a board overseeing the decree.
Ethiopia spiralled into crisis in past due 2015 when the country's biggest ethnicity the Oromo began protesting a plan to amplify the borders of the capital Addis Ababa into the surrounding Oromia region.
A 10-month state of emergency declared in October 2016 quelled the unrest however handiest after hundreds of deaths and tens of hundreds of arrests.
The arrests underneath the newest state of emergency had been mainly in Oromia, but also within the Amhara region, the place anti-government sentiment may be strong, the broadcaster reported.
Over 1,100 arrested under Ethiopia state of emergency
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