OLA insurgency

OLA insurgency
	Part of the Oromo conflict and Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
	; Map of Ethiopia showing the Oromia Region
Date	6 August 2018 – present ; (6 years, 4 months and 3 weeks)
Location	Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Status	Ongoing Start of peace talks between government of Ethiopia and the OLA on 25 April 2023.; 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;
Belligerents
Ethiopia; Oromia;	OLA
Commanders and leaders
Abiy Ahmed; Birhanu Jula; Shimelis Abdisa;	Jaal Marroo;
	5,623 killed (per ACLED, Aug. 2018 – Dec. 2022)

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.

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

[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.

[:3-8] "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.

[AfricaNews_ET_govt_agrees_peace_deal-10] Cite error: The named reference AfricaNews_ET_govt_agrees_peace_deal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[gadaa2-11] Cite error: The named reference gadaa2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:0-12] "Ethiopia: Rebels kill 48 in Oromia region, says rights agency". The Africa Report. 7 November 2024.

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