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Anti-government slogans raised in Ethiopia at army chief’s funeral

CROWDS chanted anti-government slogans in Ethiopia yesterday after the bodies of two army generals were returned for burials in the country’s northern Tigray state.

Ethiopian army head Gen Seare Mekonnen and Brig-Gen Gezai Abera were among those killed on Saturday as part of an attempted coup against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government.

Alleged ringleader Brig-Gen Asaminew Tsige was shot dead by government forces in Bahir Dar in Amhara province on Monday.

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