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Meron Hadero has become the first Ethiopian author to win the prestigious AKO Caine Prize for African Writing.

Her winning short story, The Street Sweep, is about an Ethiopian boy called Getu, who has to navigate the fraught power dynamics of NGOs and foreign aid in Addis Ababa.

After the announcement was made, Meron Hadero told Focus on Africa's Audrey Brown she was absolutely thrilled and "in shock".

Image: Meron Hadero