Federal police released an official statement on Facebook announcing that Taye was arrested on Tuesday for “collaborating with anti-peace forces who want to destroy Ethiopia”. Africa Insights Wake up to the essential with the Editor's picks. A fresh round of talks between OLA and the government ended without agreement last month, with each side blaming the other for the breakdown. The Oromo ethnic group accounts for about a third of the 120 million inhabitants of Africa’s second-most populous country. The OLA has been accused by the government of orchestrating massacres, something the rebels deny.

Source: Ethiopian News December 12, 2023 16:46 UTC