Ethiopia Files Terrorism Charges Against Opposition Leader Jawar
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Ethiopia filed terrorism charges against opposition leader and media mogul Jawar Mohammed and 23 others, according to the attorney general’s office.
Jawar was arrested in July following the killing of prominent singer Hachalu Hundessa, an advocate of the Oromo ethnic group. Though Jawar’s activism
helped Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed come to power in 2018, their relations have soured as he became one of the Ethiopian leader’s fiercest opponents.