Birtukan Mideksa

Ethiopia’s most powerful female politician steps down

Posted by ATACMAG on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 9:48am in Africa, Birtukan Mideksa, Ethiopia, News
Birtukan Mideksa, a renowned former judge and leader of Ethiopia’s powerful opposition party, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) has decided to step-down from her influential presidential position

Ethiopian opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa freed

Posted by Ameyaw Debrah on Wed, 10/06/2010 - 6:34am in Birtukan Mideksa, Ethiopian, News

Ethiopian opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa has been freed from jail.

Her release comes four months after the government's landslide win in elections.

She was one of several opposition leaders imprisoned for life after the 2005 poll. They were later pardoned, but Ms Birtukan was rearrested for violating the terms of her release.