OLA insurgency

OLA insurgency
Part of the Oromo conflict and Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)

Map of Ethiopia showing the Oromia Region
Date6 August 2018 – present
(6 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Status

Ongoing

  • Start of peace talks between government of Ethiopia and the OLA on 25 April 2023.[1][2]
  • Conflict resumes after peace talks failed in May 2023.
  • Peace agreement signed between OLA leaders and the Ethiopian government on 1 December 2024 and its members started moving into designated camps[3][4][5][6]
Belligerents
OLA
Commanders and leaders

5,623 killed (per ACLED, Aug. 2018 – Dec. 2022)[9]

The OLA insurgency is an armed insurgency between the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which split from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in 2018,[10] and the Ethiopian government, continuing in the context of the long-term Oromo conflict, typically dated to have started with the formation of the Oromo Liberation Front in 1973.[11]

The insurgency has gained strength in recent years, though it is not sufficiently armed or organized enough to pose a serious threat to the government.[12]

On 1 December 2024, a peace agreement signed between the OLA leader Jaal Senay Negasa and Oromia President Shimelis Abdisa.

  1. ^ "Ethiopian PM announces start date of peace talks with rebel group". 24 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Ethiopian Government Initiates Peace Talks With Oromo Rebel Group". 24 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Ministry Hails Peace Deal Between Oromia Regional Gov't, OLA Senior Leader as Critical Step". 1 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Oromia regional government and OLA sign peace agreement in Ethiopia (+Photos)". 1 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Members of OLA begin moving into designated camp following Peace agreement". 3 December 2024.
  6. ^ "OLA Militants Start Entering to Designated Camps Following Peace Deal". 3 December 2024.
  7. ^ "USA TODAY". www.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  8. ^ "ETHIOPIA : Who's who among Abiy's Oromo foes - 06/01/2022". Africa Intelligence. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  9. ^ "ACLED Dashboard - ACLD". ACLED.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference AfricaNews_ET_govt_agrees_peace_deal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference gadaa2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "Ethiopia: Rebels kill 48 in Oromia region, says rights agency". The Africa Report. 7 November 2024.

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