Oromo conflict

Oromo conflict
	Part of the Ethiopian Civil War; and Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
	; Territorial control as of March 2025.; (For a more detailed, up-to-date, interactive map, see here).; Pro-federal government troops Ethiopian federal government and regional allies Anti-federal government rebels Oromo Liberation Army Fano (Amhara militia)
Date	1973–present (52 years)
Location	Oromia, 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.; The OLA and the government signed a peace deal on 1 December 2024 and its members started moving into designated camps;
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); Supported by:; Eritrea; (1998–2018); Egypt (alleged)
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)	Oromo Liberation Army
Strength
182,500 (2011)	OLF: 13,000 (1982); 14,000 (1991); 10,000–40,000 (1992); (likely ~15,000−20,000); 20,000–22,000 (1998);
Casualties and losses
	1,600–8,900 killed overall
	↑ Other maps of territorial control in this war are presented by MapEthiopia; ↑ Alleged by the government of Ethiopia.;

The Oromo conflict or Oromia conflict is a protracted conflict between the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ethiopian government. 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). 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.

[1] Other maps of territorial control in this war are presented by MapEthiopia

[9] Alleged by the government of Ethiopia.