Canada tells citizens to leave Ethiopia at once because of conflict

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Canadian FM Melanie Joly

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Friday urged citizens to leave Ethiopia immediately, saying Canada was very worried by the “rapidly deteriorating security situation”.

In a statement, Joly said the Canadian embassy in Addis Ababa remained open. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and rebellious forces from the Tigray region have been fighting for more than a year.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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