Did't T.P.L.F. declared that ONLF is terrorist group?


Ethiopian Government, Ogaden Rebels Hold Preliminary Talks
September 8th, 2012

Ethiopian government officials and ethnic Somali rebels have met to set a framework for negotiations aimed at ending a 28-year insurgency in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali regional state.

Both the government and rebels from the Ogaden National Liberation Front, the ONLF, said the preliminary talks took place Thursday and Friday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. An ONLF statement said an unspecified date had been set for further talks. It also said both sides have agreed to specific goodwill and confidence-building measures ahead of formal negotiations.

Ethiopian Communications Minister Bereket Simon is calling the talks “a very positive step.” He told the Bloomberg news service the government is ready to “pursue negotiations up to the last.” No other details have been announced.

The ONLF launched a low-level rebellion in 1984 aimed at gaining greater autonomy in Somali state — a region rich in natural gas reserves that — like the rest of the country — has been ravaged by extended drought and severe food shortages.

The Addis Ababa government has labeled the ONLF a terrorist organization with ties in neighboring Somalia to the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab.

The ONLF accuses the Ethiopian government of widespread human rights abuses in the Ogaden region. It claims the government has repeatedly confiscated private property and interfered with relief work. It also claims Addis Ababa has wrongfully expropriated international aid destined for the region.

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/ ... ary-talks/

Watch they'll soon release the imprisoned Swedish journalists in "good will" gesture to make the victims of genocide "happy."

Because the terrorist has died, the people are about to make peace. Can you believe one person could be an obstacle for the peace several million people and he was not challenged, and people had to wait till he dies before they start making peace amongst the millions of people? Only in Africa can this happen, because their form of governments are not based on democratic principle, the entire country breaths and heartbeats on one person's account.

If the leader is psychologically ill, which most dictators are, because the only reason people want only their ideas should be proclaimed must be crazy. Which means the entire society has to behave psychologically ill or else the refusing citizen would be killed or jailed for a long time, sometimes several years. Only in Africa can this be tolerated. Society's thoughts are ignored in favor of one "possibly abnormal" person calling itself a "leader."

It happens too often than we would like to admit, and we tolerate it, because we are all crazy to be depending one "potentially crazy" person's decisions on everything. The only time that happened in Europe and Asia was over fifty years ago, but its happening in Africa, today. Sometimes, I wonder how people could let this happen, especially people that are always around the dictator controlling the nation's pulse and breathing.

Did't T.P.L.F. declared that ONLF is terrorist group?

Ethiopian Government, Ogaden Rebels Hold Preliminary Talks
September 8th, 2012

Ethiopian government officials and ethnic Somali rebels have met to set a framework for negotiations aimed at ending a 28-year insurgency in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali regional state.

Both the government and rebels from the Ogaden National Liberation Front, the ONLF, said the preliminary talks took place Thursday and Friday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. An ONLF statement said an unspecified date had been set for further talks. It also said both sides have agreed to specific goodwill and confidence-building measures ahead of formal negotiations.

Ethiopian Communications Minister Bereket Simon is calling the talks “a very positive step.” He told the Bloomberg news service the government is ready to “pursue negotiations up to the last.” No other details have been announced.

The ONLF launched a low-level rebellion in 1984 aimed at gaining greater autonomy in Somali state — a region rich in natural gas reserves that — like the rest of the country — has been ravaged by extended drought and severe food shortages.

The Addis Ababa government has labeled the ONLF a terrorist organization with ties in neighboring Somalia to the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab.

The ONLF accuses the Ethiopian government of widespread human rights abuses in the Ogaden region. It claims the government has repeatedly confiscated private property and interfered with relief work. It also claims Addis Ababa has wrongfully expropriated international aid destined for the region.

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/ ... ary-talks/