Explainer: Ethiopia's ethnic militias in the spotlight after failed coup
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A foiled coup in the Ethiopian state of Amhara that left five senior officials dead, including the army’s chief of staff, has thrust ethnic militias in one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies into the spotlight.