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Ethiopia's Ethnic Militias in Spotlight After Failed Coup

Reuters

   A foiled coup in the Ethiopian state of Amhara that left five senior
   officials dead, including the army's chief of staff, has thrust ethnic
   militias in one of Africa's fastest-growing economies into the
   spotlight.

   The two attacks on Saturday night were led by Amhara's head of state
   security General Asamnew Tsige, who had been openly recruiting fighters
   for ethnic militias in a state that has become a flashpoint for
   violence.

   Militias formed by ethnic groups are proliferating across Ethiopia,
   threatening sweeping political and economic reforms that Prime Minister
   Abiy Ahmed kickstarted after he took power in the Horn of Africa
   country in April 2018.

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