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Mass arrests in Ethiopia after coup bid

Ethiopian security forces yesterday rounded up scores of suspects believed to have links to a coup bid in northern Amhara state and the murder of the army chief in attacks which have highlighted the political crisis in the nation. An ethno-nationalist party in Amhara, one of seve

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Published 28 June 2019, 8:00 · Updated 21:39

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Mass arrests in Ethiopia after coup bid

Ethiopian security forces yesterday rounded up scores of suspects believed to have links to a coup bid in northern Amhara state and the murder of the army chief in attacks which have highlighted the political crisis in the nation.

An ethno-nationalist party in Amhara, one of several political groupings gaining ground as political space opens up, said more than 56 of its members and supporters had been arrested.

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