Government officials admit that there is an ongoing fighting between Ethiopian defense force and OLF militants in the above-mentioned regions of Ethiopia. For the government, they are citizens and they are no longer OLF forces. According to Dr. Alemu there were also Tigrigna speakers in the OLF forces, and that they were sent to Tigray region. “OLF forces are not launching an attack. For now, Dawud Ibsa is still managing his militant radical ethno- nationalist forces from the capital Addis Ababa.

Source: Ethiopian News December 22, 2018 21:00 UTC