Oromo activist Jawar Mohammed, pictured during an interview with AFP in Addis Ababa in September 2018Advertising Read moreAddis Ababa (AFP)Jawar Mohammed, the Ethiopian media mogul-turned-opposition politician facing trial on terror charges, is no stranger to sparring with the government. Jawar today is facing trial on charges of terrorism, incitement to violence, a firearms offence and telecoms fraud. In the US, Jawar said Ethiopian agents rented offices adjacent to his in Minneapolis, blasting loud music to disrupt his recordings. - Feuding with Abiy -Upon returning to Ethiopia after Abiy took office, Jawar initially spoke of transforming the OMN into an independent media outlet modelled on the BBC. Like other high-profile Oromo nationalists, he accused Abiy of being a poor advocate for the ethnic group's interests and, more recently, behaving like a dictator.

Source: Ethiopian News September 25, 2020 04:07 UTC