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06/01/2010 GMT

Kidnap in Ethiopia

BBC World Service - Witness History, Kidnap in Ethiopia

How a young journalist ended up spending rather more time in Ethiopia than he'd planned.

Jon Swain was a young foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times when he was kidnapped by Ethiopian rebels.

When Marxist rebels began their fight against the government of Ethiopia in the 1970s, they were willing to use any means to further their cause.  Jon Swain was a young journalist who, for a time, was caught up in their fight.

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