Ethiopia has lifted the state of emergency in the East African country, imposed in February following the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn after months of protests.
According to Al Jazeera News, Ethiopia’s Parliament approved a bill today to end the emergency rule two months earlier than planned, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported.
Mass protests erupted in 2015 when anti-government demonstrations broke out among the Oromo, Ethiopia’s biggest ethnic group, and later spread to the Amhara, the second biggest group.
The protests, which initially began over land rights but later broadened to include calls for greater political representation at the national level, were met with a harsh government response.
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