Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday held talks with leadership of the country’s former rebel group, the Ogaden National Liberation Front, ONLF. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed holds first official meeting with ONLF leadership delegation led by chairman Mohamed Omar Osman and six members of the executive committee, he said in a tweet. It is the first meeting between the two parties since ONLF fighters and leaders returned to the country from their base in Eritrea. The group in January lauded the efforts of the PM in restoring peace to the Ogaden region – i.e. Abiy has also kept close contact with the region, officially meeting the regional president, Mustafa Omer, and president of the governing party, Finance Minister Ahmed Shide; to help resolve an intra-party friction.

Source: Ethiopian News February 20, 2019 08:37 UTC