Andargachew Tsege, known as Andy Tsige or Andy Tsege, is an Ethiopian politician.
16 Facts About Andargachew Tsege
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Andargachew Tsege is the chief executive officer of ESAT, a nonprofit independent media outlet in Ethiopia.
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Andargachew Tsege previously served as the secretary-general of Ginbot 7, a political party that was labeled as a terrorist group by the Ethiopian government until 2018.
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Andargachew Tsege attended Teferi Mekonnen School and later as a Mechanical Engineering student at Addis Ababa University.
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Later, due to an ideological difference in the EPRP party, Andargachew Tsege crossed into Sudan.
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When Derg was overthrown in 1991, Andargachew Tsege went back to Ethiopia to help the newly formed Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front government led by his former university friend Meles Zenawi.
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Andargachew Tsege moved back to London and started writing articles that were critical of the regime and its divisive politics.
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Andargachew Tsege became the principal spokesperson for the CUD party in exile and was instrumental in mobilizing the global Ethiopian diaspora for a worldwide campaign to secure the release of the CUD leaders and all prisoners of conscience.
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Andargachew Tsege was elected as Secretary General of Ginbot 7.
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Andargachew Tsege was arrested by Yemeni security forces, in collaboration with Ethiopian intelligence service members, at Yemen's Sana'a International Airport while in transit from the United Arab Emirates to Eritrea.
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Andargachew Tsege was detained in an unknown location and no official statement was forthcoming from either the Yemeni or Ethiopian governments.
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In May 2019 Andargachew Tsege announce his retirement from party politics following the merge of Ginbot 7 in the new party Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice but he continues as an advisor for Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice party.
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Later in July 2019 Andargachew Tsege published his second book "Tiwlid AyeDenager Egnam EniNager" Volume 1.
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In January 2020 it was announced that Andargachew Tsege becomes the CEO of one of the prominent private television in Ethiopia ESAT.
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In late November 2021, Andargachew Tsege made statements that researcher Mehari Taddele Maru interpreted as incitement to genocide.
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Andargachew Tsege stated to a crowd that soldiers should use "the most savage of cruelties".