Ethiopia in disarray as leader quits
by Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times
Feb 17, 2018
4 minutes
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Ethiopia, an opaque authoritarian country where protesters, bloggers and journalists often are jailed, faces uncertainty after the unexpected resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
Desalegn's announcement Thursday came after several years of growing instability and protests in the Oromia and Amhara regions of the country, and what critics call a heavy-handed response from security forces.
Eight hundred protesters were killed in 2015 and 2016, and thousands more were jailed, many of them without trial.
Desalegn announced his resignation on television, saying it was "vital in the bid to carry out reforms that would lead to sustainable
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