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OLF calls for referendum and talks

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    The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) wants a referendum to decide on whether to set up an "Oromiya republic" or "stay within the Ethiopian fold", said an OLF spokesman in a VOA interview. Lencho Bati, the OLF external information officer said talks "without preconditions" with the Ethiopian government was also an option, and called for the establishment of a
    transitional government composed of the present government and "alienated political parties". The OLF has pursued armed opposition since leaving the coalition government in 1993, and has been blamed for insecurity on the roads in eastern Haraghe, now vital for transportation of relief supplies into the Ogaden region.

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