Ethiopia emergency to last six months

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia said on Saturday that a state of emergency will remain in place for six months, as the authorities move to quell "chaos and unruliness".

The council of ministers declared the country’s second emergency decree in two years on Friday evening. It capped a tumultuous week that saw Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resign, a strike in the country’s largest region and a massive prisoner amnesty.