Addis Abeba — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs told state media that the Ethiopian government has secured the release peacefully of six Djiboutian soldiers who were held hostage by the FRUD militants. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, vowed that "all these miscreants will be prosecuted, arrested and brought to justice. The soldiers were kidnapped by FRUD armed group, a splinter rebel group of the Front for the Restoration and Democracy, which claims fighting for the autonomy of the Afar people. Similarly, the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, condemned the attack by armed group and denounced the attack in the "strongest terms possible" and called it "criminal and cowardly." Djibouti has since designated the FRUD rebels as "terrorist organization."

Source: Ethiopian News December 22, 2022 05:59 UTC