Government of Ethiopia claims state of emergency necessary to protect constitutional order

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that the declaration of the State of Emergency (SoE) that the government has issued last week would move the country forward by ensuring sustainable peace and national security through widening political landscape, and opening space for democratic exercises. Briefing diplomatic communities here yesterday, Foreign Minister Dr. Workineh Gebeyehu said th[...] Read more here: http://allafrica.com/stories/201802210692.html