The attorney general's office announced charges against 24 suspects in a Facebook post Saturday. Jawar's lawyer, Tuli Bayyisa, told AFP Saturday that he had not been informed of the charges but dismissed them as baseless. "No single witness has consistently spoken about any crime... by either Mr Jawar or Mr Bekele," he said. And last October scores were killed after Jawar accused security forces of trying to orchestrate an attack against him. Jawar and Bekele, both members of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress, are expected to appear in court Monday.

Source: Standard Digital September 20, 2020 07:30 UTC