The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has denounced a meeting that took place in Jigjiga, the capital of Somali region, as "illegitimate and politically orchestrated," accusing the ruling ...

Any hopes for an imminent end to conflict in Ethiopia’s Somali region were dashed earlier this month when talks between the government and the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF ...

Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region, known as Region 5 or the Ogaden, is the site of a long-running, low-intensity armed conflict between the Ethiopian government and the ONLF.

The ONLF was founded in 1984. It is fighting for independence from Ethiopia, complaining of discrimination by the central government against the region's Somali-speaking nomads. Ogaden is the local ...

JIGJIGA, (WDN) — Veteran nationalist and former political prisoner Abdikarim Muse Qalbi-Dhagax has been elected as the new chairman of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), following internal ...

The Ethiopian government considers the ONLF a terrorist organization, but the United States and United Nations do not. More Africa Stories . US to expel South Africa ambassador as relations ...

Former rebel fighters with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), which has battled for decades against the government for an independent state for ethnic Somalis in Eastern Ethiopia, are ...

ONLF's Hirmoge said conditions on the ground in Ethiopia have something to do with the resumption of these talks. "Now, we believe there have been big changes in Ethiopia. The conditions are changing.

NAIROBI, April 24 -- -- NAIROBI, April 24 -- Gunmen killed scores of people at a Chinese-run oil field in Ethiopia early Tuesday in an attack claimed by a separatist group operating near the ...

With each step, the then-22-year-old ventured deeper into the bush, as Ethiopian military vehicles pursued her team of Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels through the dark.

Ethiopian forces have killed 123 separatist rebels in the eastern region of the country, a senior Ethiopian official has told the BBC.

(Recasts with ONLF threat, adds quote) By Tsegaye Tadesse ADDIS ABABA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels said they killed 140 government soldiers in a ...