BREAKING: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says his government has foiled a coup attempt in a region outside the capital, Addis Ababa.
In this image made from video, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announces a failed coup as he addresses the public on television, Sunday, June 23, 2019. The failed coup in the Amhara region was led by a high-ranking military official and others within the country’s military, the prime minister told the state broadcaster.
In a related development, the head of Ethiopia’s military was shot dead in the capital, a spokesman for the prime minister announced Sunday. Most of the perpetrators of the attack in Bahir Dar, capital of Amhara, have been apprehended and others are being hunted down, said the spokesman.The U.S. Embassy reported gunfire in the capital Saturday and urged people to be careful.
Abiy has captured the imagination of many with his political and economic reforms, including the surprise acceptance of a peace agreement with bitter rival Eritrea, the opening of major state-owned sectors to private investment and the release of thousands of prisoners including opposition figures once sentenced to death.
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