Source: Xinhua| 2017-12-31 01:07:02|Editor: Mu XuequanVideo Player CloseADDIS ABABA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian Federal High Court in Addis Ababa on Saturday gave prison sentences to two members of Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), an outlawed rebel group. The first defendant Ahmed Abdi was sentenced to 13 years in prison while second defendant Ahmed Mohammed was sentenced to 15 years in prison. ONLF is an ethnic rebel group which has been operating in Ethiopia's Somali regional state for the last two decades. The rebel group made international headlines in April 24, 2007 when it launched a deadly raid on an oil field in Ethiopia Somali regional state. After the attack the Ethiopian government undertook a vigorous counterinsurgency campaign and indigenization of the security forces in Somali regional state succeeding in taking the sting out of the insurgency.

Source: Ethiopian News December 30, 2017 17:26 UTC