Title: Ethiopia Declares State of Emergency Following Clashes with Local Groups

The office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced a state of emergency today, Friday, after days of clashes in the Amhara region between the federal army and local groups. The fighting that erupted this week in Ethiopia's second-largest region between the "Fano" group and the Ethiopian National Defense Forces quickly escalated into a significant security crisis. The statement issued by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office did not specify whether the state of emergency would be imposed only in Amhara or nationwide.