Ethiopia parliament lifts state of emergency: state media
Abiy Ahmed, newly elected Prime Minister of Ethiopia, addresses the house of Parliament in Addis Ababa, after the swearing in ceremony on April 2, 2018. The country's parliament has lifted state of emergency citing relative calm. AFP PHOTO | ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER
Ethiopia's parliament on Tuesday voted to lift a nationwide state of emergency imposed after the former prime minister's surprise resignation in February, state media said.
Parliament put an early end to the planned six months of emergency rule imposed after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn stepped down, state-run Ethiopian News Agency reported, citing the country's "relative stability and calm."
