Ethiopia PM Hailemariam defends Andargachew Tsege arrest: Ethiopia had a moral obligation to arrest the opposition leader who was controversially extradited from Yemen last month, Ethiopian leader Hailemariam Desalegn has told the BBC. Andargachew Tsege is a Trojan horse for the Eritrean government to destabilise this country, he said. He was sentenced to death in 2009 while in exile for plotting a coup. Foreign governments could express their concern, but the man would be dealt with according to the law, the PM said. Andargachew, a UK national, is secretary-general of Ethiopias banned Ginbot 7 movement. The group says Andargachew was on his way from the United Arab Emirates to Eritrea when he was detained at Sanaa airport on 24 June. Ethiopia and Eritrea are long-time rivals and the neighbours fought a bitter border war between 1998 -2000, which left some 100,000 people dead. Source: bbc/news/world-africa-28272112 BBC Focus on Africa now showing on Urban Television.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:37:55 +0000
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