Reported by Ethiomedia| August 13, 2009
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's pop icon Teddy Afro was on Thursday released from 16 months of imprisonment, Ethiopian Television has reported.
Teddy was convicted for a hit-and-run crime which the public strongly disputed as politically motivated. His songs of peace, love and unity, many of them national hits, are opposed to government policies based on the politics of ethnicity and division.
Teddy's sentence was commuted by eight months, ETV said, which was attributed to the "good behavior" he showed as an inmate. more
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