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Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency following months of anti-government protests by members of the country's two largest ethnic groups.
The Oromo and the Amhara make up about 60% of the population. They complain power is held by a tiny Tigrean elite.
Violence has intensified since last Sunday when at least 55 people were killed in clashes between police and protesters at an Oromo festival.
Hundreds have died in months of protests, human rights groups say.Tens of thousands have also been detained, they say.
Declaring the state of emergency, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said in a televised address: "We put our citizens' safety first. Besides, we want to put an end to the damage that is being carried out against infrastructure projects, education institutions, health centres, administration and justice buildings." The state of emergency will last for six months.BBC World Service Africa editor Mary Harper says the violent protests are the most serious threat to Ethiopian stability in a quarter of a century
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37600225





The political consciousness of the Oromo have been awaken. It will not be business as usual for the Axmara.
Before they were uneducated peasants who tilled the land. Now they have thousands of intellectuals and have unified in their opposition to the EPRDF.


Your thoughts seem to be clouded by what you would like to happen from what's likely based on current circumstances.they have unified their opposition to the EPRDF but the Oromos do not agree on whether to be for an independent oromia a federal Ethiopia or a centralized Ethiopia shewan Oromos are pro Unity Ethiopia centralized ethiopia . Some support a Federal Ethiopia where they lead but this will never be allowed by Amhara amhara will never ever accept this


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