Ethiopia's Amhara region experiences protests and violence.

Calm has returned to Ethiopia's Amhara region after days of violent protests against the federal government's plans to integrate local defense forces into the police and national army. The protesters fear that the integration would leave their state vulnerable to attacks from other regions. The federal government has said that the integration would create a strong and unified force in a country where divisions have resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths over the past 50 years. Analysts have called for more engagement between the federal government and regional leaders to resolve the situation in Amhara.