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Swedish journalists freed from Ethiopian jail

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Swedish journalist Martin Schibbye and photographer Johan Persson have returned to Sweden after being pardoned and freed by Ethiopia. The men were initially sentenced to 11 years' jail after entering the country from neighbouring Somalia with fighters from the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebel group. RFI spoke to Anna Roxwall, a spokeswoman for the pair. 

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