1.   During the ensuing days every Ras and chieftain in the country must have been camped in and around Addis Ababa.

2.   Over the ensuing days traffic and commuters in London were seriously disrupted by hoax bomb warning calls which led to station closures.

3.   In the ensuing days there were repeated government claims of successes against rebel forces along the Uganda border.

4.   The disturbances spread to other areas of the country in the ensuing days.

5.   In the ensuing days there were further raids on campuses throughout the country as the authorities sought to arrest those whom they alleged were fomenting the unrest.

6.   There were repeated clashes in the ensuing days as, more or less forcibly, people were escorted away for repatriation.

7.   If the ensuing days resemble Friday, the winter meetings may indeed be a thing of the past, at least in the traditional sense.