OLA insurgency

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

The Oromia Region of Ethiopia
Date6 August 2018 – present
(7 years, 7 months, 1 week and 4 days)
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 major OLA faction and the Ethiopian government on 1 December 2024 and its members started moving into designated camps
Belligerents
 OLA
Commanders and leaders

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, 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.

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.

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