Ethiopia talks with the rebel group, Oromo Liberation Army, OLA ended without a deal as one of the government’s negotiators, Redwan Hussein, blamed the OLA, accusing it of an obstructive approach and making unrealistic demands.
Mr Redwan said on X formerly Twitter that the government regrets this unfortunate turn of events.
“The obstructive approach and unrealistic demands of the other party are the principal reasons why these talks could not succeed,” said Hussein on X, formerly Twitter.
In response, OLA said the Ethiopian government was only interested in co-opting it “rather than beginning to address the fundamental problems that underlie the county´s seemingly insurmountable security and political challenges”.
The OLA, which the federal government has designated a terrorist organization, has been fighting the government for the last four years, citing what it calls the oppression of the Oromo ethnic group.
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