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Amazing turnout at the mandatory pro government rally in Ethiopia's Amhara region yesterday!

It seems threatening letters warning absentees of punishment at the hands of the army, had an affect. State media TV beamed the images of "the masses behind their government" to millions across the country. But will the heavy presence of soldiers & "protest leaders" reading slogans from a piece of paper convince Emmanuel Macron (who arrives in Ethiopia today) that these rallies were legit?

Shrugs!