Amhara region protests against disbanding of regional force.

Gunfire was heard in at least two towns in Ethiopia's Amhara region as thousands protested against a federal government order to integrate regional special forces into the police or national army. Members of Amhara's special forces and allied militias vowed to oppose the order, setting up a standoff with the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The order applies to all of Ethiopia's 11 regions, which have their own regional armies and the right use their own language, but has been received particularly badly in Amhara, the second biggest, which has fallen out with Abiy recently.