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OLF Military and Political Wings Split

April 6, 2019April 7, 2019TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY DAWIT ENDESHAW | THE REPORTER The army of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has officially separated from the party, OLF, which is based in Addis Ababa, The Reporter has learnt. In an official statement released by OLF’s army a.k.a. Waraana Bilisummaa Oromoo (WBO), the army said it no longer has any relationship with the […]

Ethiopia Army Conducts Air Strikes Against OLF in Western Oromia

January 13, 2019January 13, 2019TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY AFRICA NEWS The Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) on Sunday morning (January 13) started an aerial operation targeting areas in western Oromia believed to be he held by ex-rebel group, Oromo Liberation Front, OLF.

PM Hailemariam Blames Olympic Protest on U.S. Based Opposition Groups

September 21, 2016TesfaNews27 Comments

By Siobhan O’Grady and Brian Stout | for Foreign Policy, When Ethiopian marathoner Feyisa Lilesa held his arms in an “X” as he crossed the finish line for a silver medal last month at the Rio Olympics, he says he was culminating a political protest he’d planned for months. But top Ethiopian officials say he […]

Wikileaks Exposes How Ethiopia Bombs Itself and Blames Eritrea and Oromos

September 15, 2011TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

By Thomas C. Mountain, Recently released Wikileaks Ethiopia files expose how Ethiopian security forces planted 3 bombs that went off in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on September 16, 2006 and then blamed Eritrea and the Oromo resistance for the blasts in a case that raises serious questions about the claims made about the bombing […]