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Ethiopia Declares Tigray, Oromia Groups Terrorist Organizations

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A mourner weeps in front of a tomb among the mass graves following a series of attacks by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, in Mai Kadra, Ethiopia.

A mourner weeps in front of a tomb among the mass graves following a series of attacks by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, in Mai Kadra, Ethiopia.

Photographer: Getty Images/Getty Images

Ethiopian lawmakers declared two political groups as terrorist organizations, as the government moves to quell instability in the run-up to elections next month.

The House of Peoples’ Representatives backed a government proposal to outlaw the Oromo Liberation Army and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in a vote Thursday in the capital, Addis Ababa.