{"id":334319,"date":"2020-10-14T03:39:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T07:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/addisstandard.com\/?p=17313"},"modified":"2020-10-14T08:18:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T12:18:41","slug":"deputy-prime-minister-demeke-mekonnen-recommends-arming-civilians-in-metekel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/334319","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen recommends arming civilians in Metekel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen has called for arming civilians in Metekel Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, to defend themselves. The Deputy Prime Minister posted the following message on this official Facebook Page:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-334379 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2t967456748545811257.png?resize=574%2C669&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"669\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Training has already started, according to a local official in Metekel Zone:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-334382 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2t974567456748545811257.png?resize=566%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"833\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Self-defense training in Metekel Zone&#8217;s Dibati District<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-334383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Self-defense-training-taking-place-in-Metekel-Zone.png?resize=780%2C439&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Self-defense-training-taking-place-in-Metekel-Zone.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Self-defense-training-taking-place-in-Metekel-Zone.png?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Self-defense-training-taking-place-in-Metekel-Zone.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Self-defense-training-taking-place-in-Metekel-Zone.png?resize=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Self-defense-training-taking-place-in-Metekel-Zone.png?w=1089&amp;ssl=1 1089w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen has called for arming civilians in Metekel Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, to defend themselves. The Deputy Prime Minister posted the following message on this official Facebook Page: Training has already started, according to a local official in Metekel Zone: Self-defense training in Metekel Zone&#8217;s Dibati District<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":334380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4821],"tags":[2991],"class_list":["post-334319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news","category-news","tag-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Demeke-Mekonnen.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1oYf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334319"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334386,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334319\/revisions\/334386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}