SEATTLE – Engineer Hailu Shawel, one of the most prominent opposition figures whose party nearly toppled the incumbent government in a 2005 election, died October 6 while receiving treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. He was 80. After serving in various government offices during the Derg military regime, Engineer Hailu resorted to politics following to coming to power of…
Source: http://www.ethiosports.com/2016/10/07/prominent-opposition-figure-hailu-shawel-dies-at-age-80/