Former Ethiopian rebels currently being rehabilitated at a camp have started a hunger strike protesting poor living conditions. An estimated 1,000 fighters under the banner of the Oromo Liberation Front, OLF, are currently kept at the Tolay camp located in south-western Ethiopia. It is not known how long the hunger strike is supposed to last or the conditions under which they will call it off. In the last few months, government forces and OLF fighters in a part of Oromia clashed with reports that the army had carried out air raids on their camps. The Oromia region has subsequently entered a political alliance with OLF but the security concerns have continued to linger.

Source: Ethiopian News March 13, 2019 18:33 UTC