"Peace negotiations" with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) "will begin on Tuesday in Tanzania," Mr Abiy said. Neither Mr Abiy nor the OLA specified who the mediator would be, in which city the talks would be held and in what format. The "official" OLA has been fighting the Ethiopian federal government since it split in 2018 with the historic Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), which renounced armed struggle that year. It has given birth to a nebulous group of armed groups claiming to be its own but with loose links. The government is accused of indiscriminate repression that fuels Oromo resentment against the federal government in Addis Ababa.

Source: Ethiopian News April 24, 2023 10:41 UTC