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After two years of shifting alliances and conflicts, TPLF and the Ethiopian government signed a peace treaty in Pretoria on 2 November 2022. However, sporadic civil conflicts continued such as the Gambela unrest, OLA insurgency, and War in Amhara, the latter two carried out by OLA and Fano militants against the federal government.
The military actions of the TDF-OLA coalition were seen by the federal authorities as a threat to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. [2] On 5 November, the TDF and OLA announced a wider coalition, including seven smaller groups, that they named the United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces. [11] [12]
While the OLA insurgency was relatively minor and relegated to small rural pockets before the Tigray war, Ethiopian troops were forced to move north and leave a security vacuum in Oromia, allowing the OLA to expand in 2021. [3] A conflict broke out in eastern Amhara Region and western Oromia between ethnic Amhara and Oromo civilians. Much of ...
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed replaced his army chief, the head of intelligence and the foreign minister on Sunday as the military continued a five-day old offensive in the restive Tigray ...
The War in Amhara is an armed conflict and insurgency in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia that began in April 2023 between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian government.The conflict started after the government attempted to dissolve the Amhara Special Forces and other regional forces as part of a plan to reform and centralize the country's security apparatus, and integrate them into the federal ...
In the North Shewa Zone of Oromia, where Amharas are a sizeable minority, conflict has been rife across the two sides between Oromo and Amhara fighting for regional dominance. [2] During the Tigray War , Fano developed as an Amhara militia aiding the Ethiopian government against the Tigray People's Liberation Front , and claiming historical ...
The Ethiopian Government and TPLF come to an agreement on terms mostly favorable to the Ethiopian Government; Eritrean Defense Forces maintain presence in Tigray; 2020–21 Ethiopian–Sudanese clashes (2020–present) Ethiopia. Amhara militias Sudan: Ongoing. Most of the border recaptured by Sudan; War in Amhara (2023–present) Ethiopia. ENDF
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.