By Bileh Jelan @bilehjelan Addis Abeba, February 17/2021 – Barely two weeks after Addis Standard’s in-depth report on the internal crack threatening the opposition Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) issued a statement clarifying its position on the ongoing infighting within the party. On February …

Bileh Jelan @bilehjelan Addis Abeba, February 04/2021 – The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) was established as a successor of the Western Somali Liberation Front ( WSLF) in 1984. WSLF was a key player in the 1977 Ethiopian-Somali war and was backed by Somalia’s dictator Mohammed Siad Barre to achieve about …

By Bileh Jelan @Bilejelan Addis Abeba, November 06/2020 – Hassan Moalim, vice chairman of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), and the party’s Addis Abeba office bureau head, has resigned from the his position and party membership, he told Addis Standard. A member of ONLF’s central committee who has served …