Ethiopia offers amnesty to jailed opposition leaders
In this file photo, Jawar Mohammed (center), a member of the Oromo ethnic group, addresses his supporters outside his home in Addis Ababa on October 24, 2019.
Ethiopian government says freeing the jailed opposition leaders is as part of all-inclusive national dialogue.
The decision is being seen as a move to further isolate the TPLF and allied Oromo Liberation Army.
Ethiopian government on Friday granted amnesty to high profile opposition leaders in what could ease tension in the country amid the Tigray conflict.
A statement issued by the Federal Government Communication Service listed Oromo Federalist Congress leader and media mogul Jawar Mohammed and the leader of the Balderas Party Eskinder Nega among dozens freed “as part of an all-inclusive national dialogue.”
