Posts Tagged ‘ONLF’

Swedish journalists deny backing Ethiopian rebels

November 1 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

ADDIS ABABA — Two Swedish journalists charged with terrorism in Ethiopia rejected witness claims Tuesday that they had supported a rebel group, as the prosecution opened its case against them. Police inspector Mohamed Ahmed testified that the accused, photographer Johan Persson and reporter Martin Schibbye, had told him they came to Ethiopia ... Read more

Ethiopia : Witness says 2 Swedish journalists ‘supported’ rebel group

November 1 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , ,

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A witness in a terror trial against two Swedish journalists arrested in Ethiopia told a court on Tuesday that the pair planned to “support” a rebel group. Ethiopian troops captured journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye during a clash with rebels in the Ogaden in the country’s restive east... Read more

Swedish Journalists’ Terror Trial Opens in Ethiopia

October 18 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

It was standing room only Tuesday as a three-judge federal panel began hearing the case of Swedish journalists charged with terrorism by Ethiopian authorities after being arrested with members of an outlawed rebel group in the restive Ogaden region. Among those present were 18 Swedish journalists who flew in from Stockholm, partly in... Read more

Zenawi calls jailed Swedish journalists terror accomplices

October 12 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

New York,–Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s public accusations on Monday against two imprisoned Swedish journalists compromise the presumption of their innocence and predetermine the outcome of their case, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The journalists were arrested in Ethiopia in July and charged with terrorism for associating with armed separatists. In July, Johan Persson and... Read more

Two Swedish Journalists Charged With Terrorism in Ethiopia

September 8 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopia charged two Swedish journalists with terrorism after detaining them in July with rebels in the Ogaden region, State Minister of Communications Shimeles Kemal said. Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye appeared in court yesterday, Shimeles said in a telephone interview from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, today. Prosecutors have a video showing the journalists handling guns, he said. “They... Read more

Ethiopia: Govt denies troops killed by Ogaden rebels

September 2 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

BBC: Ethiopia has denied claims that 25 of its soldiers have been killed by rebels in its oil-producing Somali region. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) said it attacked a military convoy escorting the Chinese oil firm PetroTrans on Tuesday. Twenty-five government soldiers and several of its fighters were killed in the ensuing clashes near the... Read more

Ethiopia hopes gas production from Ogaden region in six years

August 4 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Economy, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

Eleven firms licensed in 31 blocks * Chinese firm to spend $4 bln By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Ethiopia, which has seen a surge in requests for exploration rights, hopes to produce gas from its huge and under-developed reserves in its Somali Region in six years time, an official said on Wednesday. Eleven companies have now been granted... Read more

Ethiopia jails 14 for African Union HQ bomb plot

June 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s supreme court jailed 14 people for terms ranging from nine years to life for plotting bomb attacks, including on the African Union’s headquarters, court papers showed Thursday. In the verdict handed down on Wednesday, judges said the 14 had the backing of Eritrea for the plan to bomb key... Read more

Ethiopia Denies Red Cross Permission to Resume Ogaden Operation

May 1 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

Ethiopia has denied the International Committee of the Red Cross permission to resume humanitarian operations in the restive Ogaden region. ICRC workers were expelled from the Ogaden nearly four years ago for allegedly aiding members of a separatist group, a charge they strongly deny. ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger says talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi yielded... Read more

Ethiopia signs peace deal with rebel group ONLF

October 12 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News Tags: , , ,

(AP) – ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia says they’ve signed a peace deal with a major rebel group in the country’s volatile east. The government says the Ogaden National Liberation Front agreed Tuesday to end its long-running insurgency in Somali Regional State and join the political process.
Ogaden Rebels ONLF
But it was not... Read more

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