ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopia Federal Attorney General announced on Monday it has dropped charges against prominent Oromo opposition figure Bekele Gerba who is in prison on terrorism charges, reported state affiliated media outlet Radio Fana. Six other suspects had also their terrorism charges dropped, it reported. Gerba, deputy head of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), has been in jail for more than two years over terrorism charges relating to allegations of instigating unrest in Ethiopia's largest regional state Oromia. OFC is the main opposition party to the ruling coalition Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in the restive central Oromia regional state. The release of prominent opposition figures was part of slogans protesters used to demand political and economic change in Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News February 12, 2018 14:03 UTC