Article 261 — Hostile Acts Against a Foreign State.

Whoever, within the territory of Ethiopia and at the risk of endangering peaceful relations with foreign countries: (a) attempts to disturb, by subversive activities, by slander, by malicious propaganda or by violence, the internal political order or security of a foreign State; or (b) infringes a governmental decision, duly published in the taken for the purpose of safeguarding Ethiopia's neutrality during a foreign war; or (c) provokes, undertakes or encourages acts hostile to a foreign belligerent power, is punishable with simple imprisonment for at least three months, or, in cases of exceptional gravity, with rigorous imprisonment not exceeding ten years.