Ethopia: Kenya launches security operation targeting OLA ‘hideouts’; armed group denies criminal links

Addis Abeba- The National Police Service (NPS) of Kenya has launched a security operation, ‘Operation Ondoa Jangili,’ to “flush out hideouts” allegedly used by the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in Marsabit and Isiolo counties.

In a statement issued on February 3, 2025, the NPS said the operation targets “criminals conducting illegal operations” that threaten national security, including “arms, drug and human trafficking, illegal mining,” and “instigating tribal conflicts…