Image copyright Walta TV Image caption The prime minister ordered the protesting soldiers to do press-ups to defuse the tensionEthiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said that some of the soldiers who entered the grounds of his office last week had wanted to kill him. Mr Abiy and the soldiers were seen laughing but he told parliament that "inside I was very unhappy". The prime minister has in the past mentioned "forces" who do not agree with the changes that he is making. Alarming situationOn 10 October, several hundred protesting soldiers, some of them armed, went to see the prime minister - reportedly to demand a pay rise. Last month, Ethiopian prosecutors charged five suspects with terrorism over an attempt to kill Mr Abiy in a grenade attack at a rally in June.

Source: Ethiopian News October 18, 2018 12:30 UTC