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Reuters journalist Tsegaye Tadesse had front row seat to Ethiopian history

Tsegaye Tadesse, former Reuters Correspondent, holds a certificate of appreciation during his retirement party in Nairobi, Kenya, January, 2010. Reuters/Daniel Wallis

Tsegaye Tadesse, a former Reuters correspondent in Ethiopia who had a front row seat to history and a knack for being in the right place at the right time, has died at 92.

An avuncular presence, easily recognisable with his trademark pipes and fedora hats, Tsegaye covered every aspect of Ethiopian news: from the imperial splendour of Emperor Haile Selassie through the brutal rule of the communist Derg regime and the ruinous famine of the 1980s.

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