Tag Archives: Dawd Ibssa

Ethiopia: OLF agrees to disarm and demobilize soldiers, again

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 22, 2019) The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has agreed to disarm and demobilize its soldiers after mediation by Abba Gedas, who brought together leaders of the OLF and the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), the party of the Prime Minister, for a day long reconciliation conference in Addis Ababa. Dawd Ibssa, the chairman of the ...

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Ethiopia: Govt forces battle OLF soldiers in West Wellega

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 21, 2018) The Ethiopian army is fighting soldiers for the separatist Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in the western part of the country for the second day today as both sides traded accusations that the other opted to use force to resolve disputes. Dawd Ibssa, chairman of the OLF accused the government of sending troops ...

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