On 9 April, the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledged that 41 suspected terrorists captured in Somalia have been handed over by the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia to the Ethiopian authorities and are currently detained in Ethiopia. According to a recent report by Amnesty International, Ethiopia has not acknowledged detaining all the individuals rendered from Somalia. Earlier last month, media reports indicated that US agents have been interrogating terrorist suspects held in Ethiopia.
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