Ethiopian general to remain in detention for 10 days

A prominent Ethiopian general is to remain in police detention for another 10 days, his lawyer has told the BBC.

Brigadier General Teferra Mamo appeared before a court in the northern city of Bahir Dar on Friday – several days after his wife reported him missing.

She subsequently found out he had been arrested after leaving his home in the capital, Addis Ababa, and taken to Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara region.

His lawyer, Shegaw Alebel, told the BBC that police were investigating the general for trying to “dismantle constitutional order” – and the court had granted permission for him to remain in custody while they did so.

Gen Teferra was commander of the Amhara Special Forces, which are allied to the federal army in its fight against forces from the northern province of Tigray, for six months. He was fired in February and has since been critical of the government.

By BBC