Ethiopia convicts Swedish journalists

ADDIS ABABA – An Ethiopian court has found two Swedish journalists guilty of helping and promoting the outlawed Ogaden National…

ADDIS ABABA – An Ethiopian court has found two Swedish journalists guilty of helping and promoting the outlawed Ogaden National Liberation Front rebel group. Reporter Martin Schibbye and photographer Johan Persson were arrested in July after they entered Ethiopia’s Ogaden province from Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region. – (Reuters)

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