After sustained diplomatic pressure, two of the most prominent ONLF leaders have been released after their kidnapping last year in Kenya by Ethio intelligence.
(Ogadentoday Press)- Madaxda ONLF ayaa Warbaahinta OgadenToday Press u xaqiijiyay in Labba Masuul ee Ururka ka tirsan Sulub Cabdi Axmed Iyo Cali Dheere haatan ku suggan yihiin Magaalada Nairobi oo saacad kahor soo galeen.
Dowlada Federaalka ah ee Itoobiya ayaa si rismi ah u soo daysay Iyadoo aan illaa hadda si dhab ah loo faafaahin Shuruudaha lagu soo daayay.
Labbada Masuul ayaa Ururka ONLF u qaabilsanaa Wadda haddalo kal horre ka socday Dalka Kenya kuwaas kadib ONLF baajisay in wax wadda haddal ah galeen illaa Masuuliyiinta la soo celiyo.
Soo deynta ayaa ku soo aadaya xilli Doorasho ka dhacday Dalka Itoobiya waxaana la xaqiiqsan yahay in Maamulka Kililka oo door kulahaa soo Afduubka Madaxdan uusan ku faraxsanayn soo deynta isla markaasna uusan waxba ka ogayn.
Labbadan Masuul ayaa 26-Jan-2014 ay Xukuumada Ethiopia ka Afduubtay Dalka Kenya.
La soco wixii ka soo Kordha
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Ethiopia releases 2 ONLF-key negotiators amid possibly fresh talks
June 4, 2015 // admin1 // maqaallada, News in English316 Views
By Ahmed Abdi
Nairobi, Kenya- ONLF Senior negotiators, who were abducted by the Ethiopian Security Forces from Nairobi on January 26, 2014 are returned to Nairobi, ONLF officials and relatives told Ogadentoday Press.
Ali ahmed Hussein (Ali-dheere) and Sulub Abdi Ahmed are now in Nairobi and have been reunited with their families following after the Ethiopian Security officials brought the two delegates to Moyale town, at Ethiopia-Kenya border.
“The Ogaden National Liberation Front or ONLF welcomes the release and return of its two delegates as a positive development that removes an important obstacle to progress in the peace talks,” said an statement issued by the separatist group.
“ONLF is committed to continuing the peace process in pursuit of a just and durable political solution, partly reads the statement.
Kenya and International Community was said to be pressing Ethiopian government behind closed doors in support of calls by the ONLF for their release.
The ONLF officials were taken to Ethiopia and detained in an undisclosed facility for one year and four months. Their images surfaced on Social media such as Facebook and twitter. Thousands of ONLF supporters and the officials relatives congratulates each other on Wednesday.
ONLF has been fighting to create an independent state in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region after the Great Britain handed over their territory to Ethiopia in 1954.