Battle between the federal authorities and insurgent TPLF forces in Ethiopia threatens the very cloth of the state, with lots of of hundreds of individuals on the point of hunger.
However whereas the main focus has been on the battle in Tigray, proper throughout Ethiopia totally different teams are concerned in their very own struggles. Foremost amongst them are the Oromo – Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group. Two months in the past, the Oromo Liberation Military introduced a proper alliance with Tigrayan rebels within the north, in opposition to the federal government in Addis Ababa.
On Monday, OLA commander Jaal Marroo informed the BBC the group had taken a number of cities in western, central, and southern Oromia, going through little resistance from authorities forces who have been retreating. Authorities spokespeople haven’t responded to the BBC’s request for remark.
On this unique report, the BBC’s Africa correspondent Catherine Byaruhanga is the primary worldwide journalist to be given entry to this secretive armed group.
