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Ethiopia under state of emergency
State of emergency has been declared in Ethiopia.
A state of emergency has been declared in Ethiopia. The announcement came as war intensifies in the northern Tigray and neighbouring Amhara regions.
Also, day 3 of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
Plus, a story of mysteriously broken air conditioners at the recently-concluded Fespaco film festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
(Image: Motorists drive past an Ethio-Telecom network tower in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Credit: REUTERS)
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