The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) insists its a wholly Somali group and not an Ethio-Somali organization. It said via its known Twitter handle that it was a ‘Somali organisation fighting for the rights of all Somali people living under Ethiopian occupation’
The resistance movement was reacting to one of Somalia’s leading radio outlet, Radio Dalsan, which in a tweet accompanied by a photo of a recently freed ONLF member wrote: Ethio-Somali organisation ONLF demands apology from Somalia govt.
The tweet added a quote attributed to ONLF, “We call on the President to repeal the decision of the Somali Cabinet Ministers labelling ONLF a terrorist organisation, and to offer a full apology to Abdikarin Sh Muse & all Somali people” via @ONLFofficial.
The group in an earlier tweet said it welcomed a request by the Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo to meet its chairman. They further demanded that a terrorist label slapped on it by Somali Council of Ministers be repealed and an apology granted to its leader and the people of Somalia.
The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) formed in 1984 has been waging an armed struggle against the Ethiopian regime since 1994 with aims of liberating the Ogaden, which has been occupied by Ethiopia since 1954.
We will keep you updated with the latest developments and updates from the region.
Halgan Media.
