Ethiopia: Oromo opposition leader arrested

Merera Gudina was arrested after he appeared at the EU parliament to testify on current political crisis in Ethiopia.
A prominent Ethiopian opposition leader from the country's restive Oromo region has been arrested after he came back from a meeting with members of the European Parliament in Brussels.
Merera Gudina, who is the chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress, was arrested in his house in the capital Addis Ababa, according to media reports.
"Merera arrived in Addis Ababa on Wednesday morning from a trip to Brussels, where he met members of the European Parliament," Gebru Gebremariam, deputy chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress, told the Reuters news agency.....Read More