Ethiopia’s Oromia Region Imposes Curfew Due to Tigray Conflict
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - NOVEMBER 07: A Republican March Band stand on guard as a ceremony is held to support the Ethiopian military troops who is battling against the Tigrays People Liberation Front in Amhara Region on November 7, 2021 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The country's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared a state of emergency on Wednesday as his government's conflict with Tigrayan forces has expanded beyond that group's home region in the north. Tigrayan fighters have recently forged an alliance with the Oromo Liberation Army, a group fighting on behalf of ethnic Oromos, who make up about 35 percent of Ethiopia's 110 million people. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) Photographer: Getty Images/Getty Images Europe
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Fasika Tadesse, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s Oromia region, which surrounds the capital Addis Ababa, imposed a nocturnal curfew amid the ongoing conflict between government forces and those from the northern Tigray region.
People have been ordered to stay at home and businesses closed between 8 p.m. and 5:30 a.m., Adugna Ahmed, head of the Oromia Attorney General Office, said by phone on Sunday.
The move is the latest in a yearlong war that has killed thousands of people, displaced hundreds of thousands more and led the United Nations to warn that more than 400,000 people are at risk of starvation. Tigray militants have advanced to about 200 miles from Addis Ababa.
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