Ethiopians are bidding farewell to veteran human rights advocate and political figure, Mesfin Woldemariam, who died last week at the age of 90.
His funeral is being held at the Addis Ababa university where his colleagues, students and family have gathered.
Government officials and diplomats are also expected to attend, the state-linked Fana Broadcasting Corporate reports.
It has tweeted photos of the funeral:
Mr Mesfin had been known as a critical figure of successive governments.
A geography professor by training, he wrote more than a dozen books on politics, history and culture. He was also a prolific commentator on newspapers and later on social media.
Source: bbc.com