Ethiopia: Violence Ahead of the Return of Ethiopia's Oromo Liberation Front Spark Concern

14 September 2018

Ethiopia's reformist PM Abiy Ahmed has called for calm in the wake of clashes between rival groups on the streets of Addis Ababa, ahead of the return on the weekend of the exiled Oromo Liberation Front leadership.

The Oromo are Ethiopia's largest ethnic group. The return the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) comes after the return of the Patriotic Ginbot 7 group under an amnesty Abiy granted to all armed groups, as part of the far-reaching reforms he has ushered in since taking office in April. Abiy himself is Oromo.

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