[02:59.12]Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa demanding the release of jailed journalists and activists.
[03:07.45]Protesters, many of them from an opposition movement, shouted slogans calling for freedom and justice.
[03:13.34]The rally was the first major demonstration since 2005, and hundreds were killed in postelection unrest.
[03:19.83]Here is our Africa Editor Richard Hamilton.
[03:22.69]The sight of thousands of protesters on the streets of Addis Ababa is a rare show of opposition to the governing party,
[03:29.85]the EPRDF, which maintains strict control over public life.
[03:34.22]However, the fact that was given permission to be held at all and passed off peacefully,
[03:39.31]suggest that the Ethiopia's new Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn,
[03:43.49]who succeed Meles Zenawi after his death last year may be more tolerant than his predecessor,
[03:49.10]as such a large rally would have been unthinkable under Prime Minister Meles.
[03:53.98]The government of Niger says 22 inmates are now known to have escaped from a prison in the capital Niamey during an attack by gunmen on Saturday.
[04:02.76]The Justice Ministry said several people were described as terrorists were among those on the loose and three guards have been killed.
[04:09.96]It's emerged that three storm chasers were among the ten people who were killed when a violent tornado hit parts of Oklahoma City in the United States on Friday.