Oromo Liberation Army
| Oromo Liberation Army | |
|---|---|
| Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) | |
Flag of the Oromo Liberation Army | |
| Leaders | Jaal Marroo Gammachis Aboye Sanyi Nagassa |
| Dates of operation | April 2019–present |
| Active regions | Oromia Region, Ethiopia |
| Ideology | |
| Size | 3,000 (2023) |
| Allies | Non-state allies
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| Opponents | State opponents
Non-state opponents |
| Battles and wars | |
| Designated as a terrorist group by | Ethiopia |
| Website | https://www.olf-olahq.org/ |
The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA; Oromo: Waraana Bilisummaa Oromoo, WBO) is an armed opposition group active in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. The OLA consists primarily of former armed members of the pre-peace deal Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) who refused to disarm out of skepticism of the peace deal, and officially split in April 2019.
The Ethiopian government now considers the OLF to be a legal political party but the OLA to be a terrorist group, In 2021, the group announced it had established a political wing and would adopt Oromo Liberation Front-Oromo Liberation Army (OLF-OLA) (Oromo: Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo-Waraana Bilisummaa Oromoo, ABO-WBO) as its official name. The Ethiopian government refuses to call the OLA by its chosen name, instead referring to it as Shene (Oromo: Shanee, lit. 'five'), Oneg or OLF-Shene.