Ethiopia says a coup attempt against the head of one of the country's nine regional states Amhara failed
US embassy has issued alerts about reported gunfire in the Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, and violence around Amhara’s main city Bahir Dar.
Three residents of Bahir Dar, who asked not to be named because they feared for their safety, said they heard gunfire."There is gunfire ... roads to the area where we are hearing the gunfire are closed," the resident told Reuters by phone."I first thought it was just a normal kind of incident and then we began to hear heavy gunfire," he said.
The third resident, a woman, said she could hear gunfire from her house and that transport in the city had stopped. The development underscored continuing instability in parts of the Horn of African country. The reformist Abiy took power last year after three years of sporadic, deadly protests forced his predecessor to resign.
Abiy released political prisoners, unbanned political parties and prosecuted officials accused of gross human rights abuses. But ethnic violence - long held in check by the state's iron grip - has flared up in many areas, including Amhara.Ethiopia, a nation of 100 million people, is due to hold a national parliamentary election next year. Several opposition groups have called for the polls to be held on time despite the unrest and displacement.
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