On August 07, 2012 The Ethiopian and Kenya military launched a joint military operation overnight against an Oromo Liberation Front’s rebel base in Kenya.

The operation took place at Dambal Fachana located about 15 kilometers from a Moyale border town. According to our informants, during this operation 37 Oromo rebels were killed and their entire cache of weapons and food rations were seized. Also, in this operation 6 Ethiopian soldiers were reported killed and 4 wounded.

The Oromo rebels were accused of carrying out the recent fighting in Moyale town that resulted in the loss of many lives and exodus of refugees crossing into Kenya.

It was said that the Ethiopian Armed Forces gained knowledge about rebels’ involvement and their whereabouts from those who were arrested on July 27, 2012 while they were heading to aid their comrades fighting against the Moyale Somali residents as well as from intelligence gathered by Kenyan Armed Forces