Protests erupt in Ethiopia's Amhara region over plan to disarm regional forces.

The Ethiopian government's plan to disarm regional forces has sparked protests and a deadly clash in the northern Amhara region. Some residents fear disarmament might force them to give up territory that Amhara now controls or leave them vulnerable to ethnic attacks. The confrontations come at a delicate time for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has been struggling to contain growing ethnically based political movements that could threaten the integrity of Africa’s second-most-populous nation. The federal government announced last week that it would integrate regional forces into federal forces, which provoked a storm of protest in cities in Amhara.