Ethiopia denounces ‘destructive’ rebel alliance as conflict grows

On Wednesady, the leader of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) said his group was in an alliance with Tigray rebels to overthrow PM Abiy Ahmed’s government

Ethiopia denounced Thursday a “destructive alliance” unveiled this week between rebels from war-torn Tigray and a group from Oromia, the country’s largest region.

At a press conference Thursday, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s spokeswoman Billene Seyoum noted that lawmakers in May formally designated both the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) terrorist organisations.