Emmanuel Igunza
BBC Africa, Nairobi
Reuters
Across Ethiopia’s Oromia region, shops and markets are closed and transport paralysed as protesters begin the first of three days of a boycott called by activists.
In some places, public buses and minivans withdrew their services leaving many people stranded.
Schools have also been affected.
The strike action is against the state of emergency announced by the government last month, which was controversially ratified by parliament last week.
But the Command Post – the body which oversees the martial law – has warned protesters against disrupting normal life in the country.
Over the weekend at least five people died in clashes between security forces and demonstrators opposed to the emergency rule, which is the second in just two years.
Oromia has been the epicentre of anti-government protests, which erupted in Ethiopia in 2015. The government admits hundreds of people have died since then.