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The latest round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s federal government and a militant group waging a long-running conflict in the country’s Oromia region have broken up in Tanzania without an agreement, both sides said Tuesday.
The Oromo Liberation Army says it is fighting for greater determination for the Oromo, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, who have long claimed being marginalized. The insurgency stretches back to the 1970s but has escalated in recent years, killing thousands and rendering lawless vast swathes of Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest region.
The OLA has been listed as a terrorist group in Ethiopia, and the government has accused it of carrying out mass killings against ethnic minorities.
ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT BEGINS PEACE TALKS WITH VIOLENT REBEL GROUP
A previous round of talks between the OLA and Ethiopian officials in Tanzania earlier this year also failed.
This undated photograph shows the Ethiopian flag. (Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Redwan Hussein,
