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| Africa Horn |
| ONLF Rebel Group Abandons Arm Struggle |
| 2019-02-04 |
| [RADIOSHABELLE] The Ogaden National Liberation Front ...the Turkic paramilitaries intended to replace with their native jihadi ferocity all the highly trained Turkish soldiers Sultan Erdogan I the much belovedhas jailed in the last few years for not worshipping the ground he walks upon. The Uighurs and so forth who did not join Al Nusra or ISIS seem to have ended up here... (ONLF) in Æthiopia will be fully abandoning arm struggle in the coming few days, says a top Somali region official. The Front has agreed to fully disarm and engage in a peaceful political dialog by fully abandoning its decades old arm struggle strategy, according to Mustafa Mohammed Omar, the recently appointed Deputy President of Somali region of Æthiopia. Mr. Mustaffa, who took over the leadership of Somali region from Abdi Illey a few months ago told the state broadcaster ‐ ETV that I the coming few days the ONLF will be fully disarmed. It is indicated that The Front made the decision following the agreement recently reached with the federal government to abandon the arm struggle and fully focus on peaceful political discourse. "...Because of the political change in Æthiopia and they are convinced that the current condition is conducive for them to advance their political struggle peacefully...In the coming three four days they will fully move their force to the government and the issue will be resolved," Mustafa said. So far many of the gang members are already disarmed voluntarily because they are convinced that there is a space for them to pursue peaceful political discourse in Æthiopia. The people in Somali region of Æthiopia have been suffering for long and deserve peace and development, according to Mustafa. |
| Posted by:Fred |