Ethiopian who demanded justice now has half a year to deliver it

FILE PHOTO: President of the Somali Region Mustafa Muhumed Omer attends a Reuters interview in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Giulia Paravicini

JIGJIGA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Mustafa Muhumed Omer began demanding justice after his uncle disappeared and continued despite threats to his mother and sister, and the torture and death of his brother.

Now in charge of the sprawling Ethiopian Somali region, the former activist and aid worker has seven months before people vote on his reforms to a system where extrajudicial killings were rife.