Ethiopian Opposition Leader's Release: For Show? (Time)

Over the past several years, Ethiopia's government, which cherishes its role as a U.S. ally in the volatile Horn of Africa, has steadily chipped away at political freedoms, arresting the opposition and quashing the free press. So it was hard not to be skeptical about its move this week to release Birtukan Mideksa, the country's best-known opposition leader. Read more....