The regional communication bureau in Ethiopia’s Oromia regional state has rubbished reports of military airstrikes in western Oromia, state-affiliated FBC reported on Tuesday. Multiple media outlets in the country reported over the weekend that the Ethiopia National Defense Force, ENDF, had commenced aerial bombardments of areas occupied by the Oromo Liberation Front’s armed group. The bureau said the issues bedeviling the region is not serious to warrant airstrikes as had widely been reported. The attacks it added were carried out by armed men who had caused damage to public and private facilities as well as engaged in actions that disrupted public peace. Oromos, the country’s most populous ethnic group were the force behind anti-government protests that forced executive change in April 2018.

Source: Ethiopian News January 16, 2019 03:00 UTC