ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A prominent Ethiopian general critical of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government appeared in court on Friday after being detained this week, his wife said, amid the arrests of some ethnic Amhara political activists and journalists. Brigadier General Tefera Mamo commanded the Amhara region’s forces until February when he was removed without explanation. Amhara forces backed Abiy’s federal troops against rebellious forces in northern Tigray when conflict erupted there in 2020. Last Sunday, Tefera gave a TV interview in which he criticised Abiy’s strategy against the Tigra…