Ethiopian authorities will lift a ban on demonstrations in Addis Ababa this week, two months after it was imposed to curb post-election unrest in the capital, the information minister said on Wednesday. "It is not going to be renewed," the minister, Bereket Simon, told Reuters, adding the ban was "definitely" due to run out this week. The government first imposed a month-long ban on May 15 a few hours after general election polls closed. A month later it renewed the ban, for a further month, after 36 opposition protesters were shot dead in the capital, many by police.
