Ethiopia declares state of Emergency after PM resignation

[Deeq A.]

By Ahmed Abdi

Tigray-ruled Ethiopia declared a state of Emergency on Friday, according to State media, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC).

Ethiopia Prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned Thursday following Oromo protesters that blocked the main roads and business of the regional state of Oromia.

The three-month state of emergency comes a time protesters have been waiting for a meaningful reform process.

Over the last couple of years, Ethiopia has been suffering a major internal security crisis following anti-government protests in its Oromia and Amhara regions.

Half a million people internally displaced following ethnic clashes and hundreds of people were killed by the government forces.

Commentators say the early state emergency that lasted six months until October last year did not improve the security of the country and this will not make any sense.