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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Police arrested Tigrayan street trader Nigusu Mahari last year as he strolled along the traffic-clogged streets of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. He says he was speaking on the phone in the language of his homeland, a distant region in the north.
Street trader Nigusu Mahari,?an ethnic Tigrayan who says he was arrested as he strolled along a street speaking in his native language, holds a phone to his ear at a coffee shop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 22, 2020. Police accused him of working with Tigrayan rebel fighters. He was released without charge, court records show. REUTERS/Stringer