The Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency effective immediately amid anti-government violence that resulted in deaths and property damage across the country. “The state of emergency will not breach basic human rights enshrined under the Ethiopian constitution and won’t also affect diplomatic rights listed under the Vienna Convention,” said Desalegn. The state broadcaster said details of the state of emergency will be communicated to the public later Sunday. “There are sufficient grounds to declare a state of emergency in Ethiopia,” said Abiy Chelkeba, assistant professor of law at Mekelle University. The State Minister for Ethiopia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry talked to the Egyptian diplomat after a video appeared online which purportedly shows members of the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front sharing a stage with what Ethiopia’s state broadcaster described as Egyptians.

Source: thestar October 09, 2016 15:56 UTC