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Oromo conflict
Part of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa and Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
The Oromia Region in Ethiopia
Date
1973–present (51 years)
Location
Oromia, Ethiopia
Status
Ongoing
Start of peace talks between government of Ethiopia and the OLA on 25 April 2023[4][5] Conflict resumes after peace talks failed in May 2023.
Belligerents
Ethiopia
Former combatants:
Ethiopian Empire (until 1975)
Derg (1975−87)
PDRE (1987−91)
TGE (1991−95)
OLF (until 2018) OLA (initially part of OLF, independent from 2018) IFLO (1985−87) EUPF (1993–2012)[1] Supported by:[a] Eritrea (1998–2018)[2] Egypt (alleged)[3]
Commanders and leaders
Abiy Ahmed Sahle-Work Zewde Abraham Belay Haile Selassie I (until 1975) Mengistu Hailemariam (1975−1991) Negasso Gidada (1995−2001) Girma Wolde-Giorgis (2001−2013) Mulatu Teshome (2013−2018) Meles Zenawi (1991−2012) Hailemariam Desalegn (2012−2018)
Dawud Ibsa Ayana Elemo Qiltu † Ahmad Taqi † Tadesse Birru † Waqo Gutu Jaarraa
Units involved
Imperial Ethiopian Army (until 1975) Socialist Ethiopian Liberation Army (1975−1991) ENDF (from 1991)
^Alleged by the government of Ethiopia.[citation needed]
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Post-1960 conflicts in the Horn of Africa
Eritrean War of Independence
Eritrean civil wars
1961 revolt in Somalia
Bale revolt
Somali–Kenyan conflict
Shifta
Rhamu
Ethiopian–Somali conflict
1963 Ogaden Rebellion
1964
Ogaden
1982
2022 Al-Shabaab
Oromo conflict
Ethiopian Civil War
Somali Civil War
Rebellion
Puntland–Somaliland
2006–09
2009–present
Somaliland War of Independence
Djiboutian Civil War
Insurgency in Ogaden
2007–08
Second Afar insurgency
Gedeo–Guji clashes
Hanish Islands conflict
Eritrean–Ethiopian War
border conflict
OEF – Horn of Africa
Djiboutian–Eritrean conflict
Ethiopian civil conflict
Afar–Somali
Oromia–Somali
OLA insurgency
Benishangul-Gumuz
Tigray War
War in Amhara
Al-Fashaga conflict
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Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
Eritrean–Ethiopian War (1998–2000):
Eritrean attack of Ethiopia
Sunset [be]
February 1999
May-June 2000 [be]
Aider
Post-2000 conflicts:
Afar
Ogaden
2010 border skirmish
Tsorona
Agreements:
Algiers
Asmera
Aspects:
Air campaign [ru]
Military specialists
Russian
Ukrainian
UNMEE
The Oromo conflict is a protracted conflict between the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ethiopian government.[13][14] The Oromo Liberation Front formed to fight the Ethiopian Empire to liberate the Oromo people and establish an independent state of Oromia. The conflict began in 1973, when Oromo nationalists established the OLF and its armed wing, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA).[15] These groups formed in response to prejudice against the Oromo people during the Haile Selassie and Derg era, when their language was banned from public administration, courts, church and schools, and the stereotype of Oromo people as a hindrance to expanding Ethiopian national identity.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
^WRITENET (2004), p. 8.
^Iaccino, Ludovica (26 February 2016). "Ethiopia claims Eritrea behind Oromo protests but activists warn against 'state propaganda'". International Business Times UK. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^"Ethiopia Alleges Oromo Protesters Receiving Support From Egypt". Bloomberg. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
^"Ethiopian PM announces start date of peace talks with rebel group". 24 April 2023.
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^"Country report and updates Ethiopia". Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine War Resisters' International. Entre 1974 y 1990 murieron 300 000 soldados etíopes y 230 000 entre enero y mayo de 1991.
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^Bulcha, Mekuria (July 1970), "The Politics of Linguistic Homogenization in Ethiopia and the Conflict over the Status of "Afaan Oromoo"", African Affairs, 96 (384): 325–352, doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007852, JSTOR 723182, archived from the original on 2021-04-12, retrieved 2021-02-22
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Global Information
OLF
IFLO
EUPF
Eritrea
Egypt (alleged)[3]
Abiy Ahmed
Haile Selassie I (until 1975)
Mengistu Hailemariam (1975−1991)