armed rebellion

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Berhanu Nega, on leave from Bucknell University, is trying to overthrow the government of his native Ethiopia.

A tenured US professor is leading an Ethiopian rebel group
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Conflict
Burundi exile to US's Samantha Power: 'You shake the hand of the killers'

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