Chinese,
Ethiopian Hostages Released (April 29 ,2007) |
Seven Chinese and two Ethiopian oil exploration workers who were kidnapped by the self-styled Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) were released on Sunday. On April 23, ONLF perpetrated a terror ambush killing 65 Ethiopians and nine Chinese workers at the Abule oil exploration project site in Degehabur zone in Eastern Ethiopia, in which seven Chinese and 2 Ethiopian workers were also kidnapped. ONLF perpetrated the horrendous act of terrorism in a plot orchestrated by the government in Asmara. The release of the kidnapped came through the joint efforts made by Ethiopian Somali elders and the ICRC. |