Ethiopia's cabinet agrees to lift State of Emergency

ADDIS ABABA, JANUARY 26, 2022 - In the 2nd Extraordinary Session convened today, Ethiopia's Council of Ministers agreed to lift the State of Emergency imposed nationwide on November 02, 2021.

Ethiopia declared a nationwide State of Emergency on November 02, 2021 to defend its sovereignty against the impending threat from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

The aim was to protect civilians from atrocities being committed by the terrorist TPLF group which at the time had captured two key towns in Amhara region, Dessie and Kombolcha.

Soon after the State of Emergency was declared, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced, on November 22, 2021, his decision to go to the battlefront and lead Ethiopian forces in the fight against the TPLF.

In just a matter of weeks, the TPLF forces were forced out of Amhara and Afar regions and many cities were liberated after months of brutal occupation. However, the federal government decided, on December 23, 2021, not to pursue the TPLF terrorists into Tigray allowing time for Tigrayans to decide for themselves the removal of the once brutal tyrant of Ethiopia, TPLF, from Tigray.

Although the Council of Ministers has decided to lift the State of Emergency with the consideration that the security situation in the country has improved, the TPLF terrorists, however, have reorganized and they been insistently bombarding their neighbor Afar region with heavy artillery, since the start of the new year, killing scores, forcing thousands to be displaced while occupying Abala and Magale Woredas of Afar, blocking the only route for humanitarian aid into Tigray.

Nonetheless, the Council’s decision does not completely rule out the TPLF threat but instead asserts that the it can be managed with regular law enforcement operations. The decision awaits approval from the House of People's Representatives.

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