After months of anti-protest government led by the Oromo people, the Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency. The declaration is set to last for six months following a large-scale stampede that pitted the two parties against one another. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn believes declaring a state of emergency is necessary to protect the lives of everyone. The stampede took place October 2 in the town of Bishoftu, where according to the article,"Video recordings from that day show that the crowd had been pressing toward an open-air stage when security forces opened fire and deployed tear gas, triggering a panic. Many people initially ran to a nearby treeline for cover, only to become trapped in a deep and steep-sided trench. Others were hemmed in by a nearby lake," (Chappell). During the months of protest, human rights groups claim hundreds of people have been killed and thousands more arrested.
http://www.npr.org/2016/10/09/497292914/ethiopia-declares-state-of-emergency-amid-continuing-protests
-Chase Gozdziak
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