In April 2019, Ethiopia’s federal government and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) moved through a peace track that brought former rebels home for rehabilitation after years of insurgency and exile politics in the Somali Region.
Al Jazeera and others framed the deal as part of Abiy Ahmed’s wider effort to settle armed contests left over from the EPRDF security state—alongside talks and amnesties elsewhere.
The ONLF file remains strategic for Horn readers: Somali Region politics, cross-border clan networks, and Addis–Mogadishu–Hargeisa triangles all touch that peace process. Whether deals deliver local security or only elite bargains is the lasting test.
Sources: Al Jazeera
