Kenya, Uganda scramble for nationals' whereabouts in Amhara

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Military vehicle damaged by in Dessie town of Amhara city, Ethiopia on December 16, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

Kenya and Uganda are scrambling to know the whereabouts of their nationals in troubled Amhara region of Ethiopia, nearly a week after Addis Ababa declared a state of emergency to contain a rebellion.

Diplomats for both countries in Addis Ababa said they were monitoring the situation in Amhara but could not determine how many of their nationals were trapped, or if at all there had been any.