Ethiopia’s Somali regional state on Friday signed an agreement to disarm and reintegrate members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) into the state’s security forces and civil service. The Somali state and ONLF also agreed to work together to end decades of poverty, human rights abuse and maladministration of the Somali people, according to local media portal Addis Standard. Update: A scene of jubilation in #Jigjiga, the capital of #Somali regional state. As history changed its course, today’s agreement was attended by hundreds of ordinary #Somalis as well as regional & federal authorities. #Ethiopia ??

Source: Ethiopian News February 09, 2019 03:00 UTC