Wonji Times » Ethiopia http://www.wonji.com Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:29:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Ethiopian opposition stages rare protest http://www.wonji.com/4 http://www.wonji.com/4#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:50:46 +0000 admin http://www.wonji.com/?p=4 Ethiopian opposition stages rare protest

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Opposition protesters staged a rare demonstration in the Ethiopian capital Thursday, demanding the release of an official jailed for life in January.

Some 300 people massed outside the presidential palace and then marched towards Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s office in Addis Ababa in the first such protests since 2005, when disputed poll results sparked violence.

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