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Ethiopia: House Lifts SOE
Reporter, 5 June 2018
The House of Peoples' Representatives (HPR) lifted the state of emergency effective today June 5, 2018 with eight abstention votes. Read more »
The state of emergency in effect since March 2018 was planned to last for six months. The council of ministers announced the current state of emergency, the second in a year and half, one day after the unexpected resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
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