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Africa-Press<\/a> – Ethiopia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Addis Ababa,December 25\/2020(ENA)Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonen said the government will take strong measures against criminals who commit cruel attacks on innocent citizens.<\/p>\n

Addressing the annual meeting of the National Council for the Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking today, Demeke condemned the recent heinous massacres of citizens for not being the true manifestations of Ethiopian values.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone should stop and think about what is happening at the moment and where it would lead,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Demeke underlined that his government will take strong measures on elements engaged in massacring citizens.<\/p>\n

He urged all stakeholders to act together so as to end such dreadful trends witnessed in the country and hunt down criminals as well as expose greedy traffickers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ethiopia. Addis Ababa,December 25\/2020(ENA)Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonen said the government will take strong measures against criminals who commit cruel attacks on innocent citizens. Addressing the annual meeting of the National Council for the Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking today, Demeke condemned the recent heinous massacres of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,277,235],"class_list":["post-1037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ethiopia-2","tag-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"\nGov\u2019t to Take Firm Measures on Criminals Massacring Citizens, Traffickers: Demeke Mekonen - Ethiopia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Addis Ababa,December 25\/2020(ENA)Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonen said the governme ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/govt-to-take-firm-measures-on-criminals-massacring-citizens-traffickers-demeke-mekonen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov\u2019t to Take Firm Measures on Criminals Massacring Citizens, Traffickers: Demeke Mekonen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Addis Ababa,December 25\/2020(ENA)Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonen said the governme ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/govt-to-take-firm-measures-on-criminals-massacring-citizens-traffickers-demeke-mekonen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ethiopia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-25T19:43:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/img-5fe6371b17ba1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"385\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/govt-to-take-firm-measures-on-criminals-massacring-citizens-traffickers-demeke-mekonen#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/govt-to-take-firm-measures-on-criminals-massacring-citizens-traffickers-demeke-mekonen\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gov\u2019t to Take Firm Measures on Criminals Massacring Citizens, Traffickers: Demeke Mekonen\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-25T19:43:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/govt-to-take-firm-measures-on-criminals-massacring-citizens-traffickers-demeke-mekonen\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/govt-to-take-firm-measures-on-criminals-massacring-citizens-traffickers-demeke-mekonen#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/img-5fe6371b17ba1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ethiopia\",\"ethiopia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/govt-to-take-firm-measures-on-criminals-massacring-citizens-traffickers-demeke-mekonen#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/govt-to-take-firm-measures-on-criminals-massacring-citizens-traffickers-demeke-mekonen\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/govt-to-take-firm-measures-on-criminals-massacring-citizens-traffickers-demeke-mekonen\",\"name\":\"Gov\u2019t to Take Firm Measures on Criminals Massacring Citizens, Traffickers: Demeke Mekonen - 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