United States Department of State, Patterns of Global Terrorism 1999 - Ethiopia, 1 April 2000, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4681073dc.html [accessed 3 June 2023]
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Ogaden National Liberation Front rebels on 3 April kidnapped a French aid worker, two Ethiopian staff workers, and four Somalis. The next day, the group's "political secretary" announced the French hostage had been "pardoned" and was to be released to French diplomats.