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Ethiopian Regional Special Forces
የኢትዮጵያ ልዩ ሀይል
Active2007–present
CountryEthiopian Regional Special Forces Ethiopia
AllegianceEthiopian Federal Police
BranchEthiopian Regional Special Forces Ethiopian National Defense Force
TypeParamilitary
Gendarmerie
RoleReserve army
Counter-insurgency
Internal security
Size
  • 105,000 active personnel
  • 85,000 reserve personnel
  • 20,000 paramilitaries[1]
EquipmentAK-47
AKM
Type 56
RPK
PKM
RPD
DShK
Dragunov SVD
FN FAL
RPG-7
WZ-551
Engagements
  • Insurgency in Ogaden
  • Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
    • OLA insurgency
    • Benishangul-Gumuz conflict
    • Afar–Somali clashes
    • Tigray War
      • Al-Fashaga conflict
    • al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia
    • War in Amhara
Commanders
Current
commander
Birhanu Jula (Chief of General Staff)

The Ethiopian Regional Special Forces (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ልዩ ሀይል) is a paramilitary and gendarmerie unit of the Ethiopian National Defense Force. It was first established in 2007 by the order of the federal government in order to counter the insurgency in the Somali Region. it has the specialized task to maintain regional and nationwide security and counter any form of insurgencies and terrorist incidents.[2]

In 2015, the Ethiopian government announced that the Regional Special Forces were fully integrated.

  1. ^ "Actor Profiles - Ethiopia Peace Observatory - ACLED". Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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