Ethiopia’s human rights situation is a “major concern and a major work in progress”, the country’s outgoing Human Rights Commissioner, Daniel Bekele, says at a press conference in the East African nation’s capital Addis Ababa at the end of his five-year tenure. “What remains to be a matter of serious concern is fundamental rights such as the right to life, which is happening in the context of violent conflict,” Bekele says. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES