The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has been at loggerheads with the government since an internal rift plunged the church into crisis in February 2023. When a church delegation embarked on an official mission to South Africa this month, a Facebook post claimed that the government had prevented Archbishop Abraham, the head of the patriarch’s office, from travelling and seized his passport. However, the church and the government denied the rumour.
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“I was just, like, ‘This is the most insulting f------ [thing],’ ” the 39-year-old recalled