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Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy meets 'ex-terrorist'

Prime Minister Abiy has made big changes since coming to power in April. [AFP]

On his trip to the US, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has met Berhanu Nega, who in 2009 was sentenced to death in absentia for trying to overthrow the government.

Mr Berhanu was regarded as a terrorist and his Patriotic Ginbot 7 movement was outlawed.

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