Ethiopian jounalist Eskinder Nega gestures from a car after being released from Kaliti Prison in Addis Ababa, on February 14, 2018. File photo / AFPAFPNairobi: Ethiopian journalist and dissident Eskinder Nega has been detained in the country's Amhara region where he is a leading opposition figure, the political party he founded said on Sunday. Eskinder, who has been detained under several Ethiopian governments, was transferred on Saturday to a prison in Bahir Dar, said the party he founded and led until July last year. It said local government officials were still deciding whether to hand Eskinder over to the Prosperity Party of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Eskinder was pardoned and released from prison in January 2022 along with a number of other political activists and leaders after serving 18 months behind bars.

Source: Ethiopian News February 26, 2023 19:56 UTC