SOMALIA: President’s delegation return to Mogadishu after attending the 40th anniversary of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).

President Hasan Sheikh Mohamud ahd his delegate returned home after attending the 40th anniversary of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).

Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians most ethnic Tigrians on Wednesday gathered in Tigray regional capital, Mekelle, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).

TPLF was founded in 1974 after few Tigrian students raised armed struggle against the then military junta known as the Derg, which is responsible for extra-judicial killings of tens of thousands people mainly ethnic Tigrians.

Based in Tigray region, TPLF now is the dominant section of the country’s ruling political coalition known as Ethiopia Peoples revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).

Along with Ethiopian prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, other African leaders attending the anniversary were also Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

President Hassan Sheik Mohamed on his side hailed Ethiopia as a role model for Africa in terms of achieving economic progress, democracy and cohesion of the country’s diverse society.

“This is not great achievement for Ethiopia only but for the continent as well,” he said.