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Rebels claim to be 15 miles from Ethiopian capital. Eyewitnesses have yet to see fighters
From CNN’s Larry Madowo, David McKenzie, Bethlehem Feleke, Idris Muktar and Mohammed Tawfeeq
One of the rebel groups in Ethiopia claims to have forces about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the center of the capital Addis Ababa and says government troops are defecting to the rebels, but CNN cannot independently confirm either assertion.
Odaa Tarbii, a spokesman for the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), tweeted late Wednesday: “Today, 1,165 Oromia Special Forces defected to the OLA. 400 of them joined OLA forces in the vicinity of Laga Tafo. Our forces continue pushing on from all directions, we r very close to seeing the end of this oppressive dictatorship.”
The OLA is an outlawed armed group from Oromia, Ethiopia's most populous region.
Laga Tafo lies just northeast of Addis Ababa. But an eyewitness in the town told CNN Thursday morning that there was no sign of rebel fighters there, schools were in session as usual, and life seemed normal except for communications disruptions.
And a journalist based in Addis Ababa also told CNN Thursday that the outskirts of the city were quiet, with no rebel fighters visible.
Samuel Getachew said he did not think it was true that rebels were near the capital, saying he had gone to check.
The OLA and Tigray Defense Force (TDF) have joined forces to fight the central government -- a historic alliance of former enemies. On Sunday, the groups claimed they had captured the key towns of Dessie and Kombolcha in Ahmara, on the main road to the Ethiopian capital.
CNN has attempted to contact both the OLA and the TDF about the location of their fighters, but neither answered on Thursday.
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