Ethiopia imposes curfew amid unrest
A curfew has been imposed in Gonder, Ethiopia’s northern region of Amhara, local officials disclosed on Monday.
Auto-rickshaws were prohibited from operating outside from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., the Gonder city administration command post said in a statement.
It added that bars and nightclubs were prohibited from remaining open beyond 9:00 p.m.
The curfew was imposed amid ongoing protests, which started last week in cities across the Amhara region against a federal government plan to “disarm the region’s special forces.”
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in a statement posted on his social media account earlier on Sunday, said the Ethiopian government had plans to incorporate special forces in the country’s 11 regional states into other regional security structures.
He said this was aimed at forming a strong and united security structure.
The curfew also prohibited anyone outside authorised security forces structures from moving around with firearms and sharp crude objects.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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