Twin Cities businessman released from detainment in Ethiopia
Family members say they don't know why Tashitaa Tufaa was handcuffed at an airport after visiting his ailing mother.
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Family members say they don't know why Tashitaa Tufaa was handcuffed at an airport after visiting his ailing mother.
There are about 35,000 Ethiopian immigrants and people of Ethiopian descent in the state.
Wed 17 Feb 2021 06.46 EST Last modified on Fri 26 Feb 2021 07.36 EST For two hours the doctors had waited outside the gates of Kaliti prison in Addis Ababa. Bekele Gerba, a leading Ethiopian opposition figure from the Oromo ethnic group, was very ill and due to be taken to hospital for treatment. The 60-year-old is one of 20 senior political detainees, including the most prominent, Jawar Mohammed, who have been on hunger strike for the past three weeks. After a flurry of phone calls, the prison authorities informed the waiting medical team that the prisoner, who has hypertension, would not be...