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Number of prominent political figures returning home on the rise. With a belief that there are intensive political reforms being carried out in the country by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed PhD , the prominent army official, Kemal Gelchu Brig. When he landed at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Kemal was welcomed by government officials while he was also cheered by several supporters mostly from Oromia who were chanting songs and waving the green, yellow and red OLF flag.

Still another strange scene that the past week witnessed is the surprising return of Kassa Kebede, who was the foreign policy chief of former ruling party during Derg regime. In a similar move, journalist Mohamed Ademo who was one of the well-known activists among the diaspora community for his critics and advocacy while in the exile, has become one of the latest returnees.

Based in the US, Mohamed was the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Opride, an online media outlet, while he was also a regular contributor to the Qatari media giant Aljazeera as a political analyst for Ethiopia and the Horn Africa.

In August , Brigadier General Kemal Gelchu, now an OLF military commander, defected along with some one hundred troops to join the OLF in Eritrea.

In late April this year, he come back to Ethiopia along with his deputy Dima Nagawo PhD and Lencho Bati marking the first political leaders who returned home shortly after Abiy Ahmed assumed the premiership. All Rights Reserved Privacy Policy. NewsWeek PRO. Saturday, February 8, Visit Our Website. Magazine Menu.

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