Sun 29 Nov 2009
A British journalist relives his kidnapping in Ethiopian desert …
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By Jon Swain | Times Online I last saw Aregawi Berhe in the summer of 1976. The big news gripping Britain was the heatwave — back then, the hottest since. … In 2004 the Ethiopian driver of a taxi I hailed in Washington DC revealed that not only was Aregawi alive; he was living in exile somewhere in Europe, after losing out in an internal TPLF power struggle. Perhaps I could find him after all. A few weeks ago a chance discussion with Martin Plaut, the BBC’s Africa …
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