Source: Xinhua| 2018-10-22 22:35:14|Editor: yanVideo Player CloseADDIS ABABA, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopia Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced on Monday it has signed a peace deal with a prominent rebel group Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), formally ending the group's 34 years of insurgency. In a press statement, the MOFA said a delegation led by Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu reached a peace deal with the ONLF Chairman, Admiral Mohammed Omar Osman in Eritrean capital, Asmara, allowing ONLF to undertake peaceful political struggle in Ethiopia. The removal of ONLF from a terror list by the Ethiopian parliament in July, and the announcement of indefinite unilateral ceasefire by the rebel group in August facilitated the resumption of the recent peace talks. After the attack the Ethiopian government undertook a vigorous counterinsurgency campaign. Ethiopia also undertook large scale infrastructure projects to win the hearts of local population who were thought to be sympathetic to ONLF.

Source: Ethiopian News October 22, 2018 14:37 UTC