The Ethiopian government, on Friday (August 4), declared a state of emergency after clashes in the country’s Amhara region. The decision by the country’s Council of Ministers comes as regional authorities pleaded for help as clashes intensified between regional forces and the military over the last few days.

Ethiopia declares state of emergency after clashes in Amhara region

Ethiopia witnessed a sixth day of turmoil on Tuesday as several people in the Amhara region were shot during demonstrations against federal government plans to integrate local defence forces into the police and national army.

Ethiopia's Amhara witnesses violent clashes over government's plans for local defence forces

Meta Platforms enabled violent and hateful posts from Ethiopia to flourish on Facebook that further inflamed the country's bloody civil war, accused a new lawsuit filed against Mark Zuckerberg-owned technology conglomerate.

Ethiopia civil war: Meta sued for $2 billion over 'hateful content'

Gunmen attacked Ethiopia's western Oromiya region on Saturday, killing at least 320 civilians.Survivors characterised the massacre as one of the deadliest in Ethiopia in some years, according to reports released on Sunday.

320 people killed in Ethiopian gun attack, witnesses claim

Violence escalates in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. PM said Illegal Activities are happening in regional state Tigray.

Ethiopia: Trigary placed under state of emergency | WION News | World News

At least 21 people have been killed in two days of fighting between ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia, the state-affiliated Fana radio reported Friday, The violence broke out near the town of Moyale, on the border with Kenya, in a region claimed by both the Oromo, the largest ethnic group in the country, and the Somali ethnic group.

21 killed in ethnic violence in Ethiopia