The popular leader of a formerly outlawed opposition group returned to Ethiopia Sunday where he was greeted by a crowd of thousands after 11 years in exile, an AFP reporter witnessed. Berhanu Nega, the leader of the former armed movement Ginbot 7, returned with scores of other senior members of the group, after reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed removed the group from a list of "terrorist" organizations in July. In the aftermath of the bloody protests Berhanu and other opposition leaders were jailed for 20 months before being released as part of a pardon agreement in July 2007 . Ever since then the party has been based in neighboring Eritrea – former arch-foe of Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News September 09, 2018 15:11 UTC