By Dawit Endeshaw and Giulia ParaviciniADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Talks between the Ethiopian government and rebels from the Oromiya region have started in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania, a spokesman for regional Africa group IGAD said on Tuesday. The talks bring together representatives from the Ethiopian government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA). The OLA is an outlawed splinter group of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), a formerly banned opposition party. One of the sources confirmed the talks would take place on the island of Zanzibar. Violent protests broke out across the region in June 2020 when a famous Oromo singer was shot dead.

Source: Ethiopian News April 25, 2023 17:34 UTC