Ethiopia signed a peace deal Tuesday with a breakaway faction of the Ogaden National Liberation Front rebels who have waged a 25-year insurgency to gain autonomy of their oil-rich region. Federal Affairs Minister Shiferaw Teklemariam and the chairman of the ONLF faction's supreme souncil, Salahdin Abdurahman Maow, inked the deal, but which was dismissed by the group's main body which has vowed to continue fighting.
"The conviction of both sides has brought about a historical reconciliation in the region," Shiferaw said. On his part, Salahdin said: "We have come to understand the destructive nature of war and war is not the only solution to our problems."
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