The OLF had fought an insurgency for self-determination for the Oromo - the Horn of Africa country's largest ethnic group - for over three decades. On Saturday, OLF leader Dawud Ibsa arrived in the capital Addis Ababa aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane. The prime minister's chief of staff Fitsum Arega used his Twitter feed to welcome the OLF leaders back to Ethiopia. The OLF is the second exiled opposition group to head back to Ethiopia in a week, with the leadership of previously outlawed Patriotic Ginbot 7 arriving a week ago. The government had labeled the group as a "terrorist movement" in under an anti-terrorism law that rights watchdogs said was used indiscriminately to silence dissent.

Source: Ethiopian News September 15, 2018 15:22 UTC