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Name: OLA

Type: Polity

Start: 2021 AD

End: 2021 AD

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The Oromo Liberation Army is an armed opposition group active in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.

Establishment


  • October 2021: Conquests by the Oromo Liberation Army based on available maps.
  • Chronology


    Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

    1. Ethiopian Civil War


    An civil war in Ethiopia that started in 1974. It consists of several related phases that saw rebel and secessionist groups fight against the Ethiopian government.

    1.1.Tigray War

    A war between Ethiopia and the secessionist Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) of the Tigray region that started in 2020. Although the cessation of hostilities was agreed in November 2022, the TPLF still controls territories in Tigray acting as a factually independent state.

    1.1.1.TDF-OLA joint offensive

    A joint offensive by the Tigray Defense Forces and the Oromo Liberation Army during the Tigray War.

  • November 2021: OLA claimed to have taken control of Kamisee on 31 October.
  • November 2021: Conquests by the Oromo Liberation Army based on available maps.

  • 1.1.2.Federal Government counter-offensive (Tigray War)

    An offensive by Ethiopian Government Forces during the Tigray War.

  • December 2021: From 26 November to 6 December 2021, Ethiopian allied forces recaptured several towns in the Amhara and Afar regions including Lalibela and Shewa Robit.
  • December 2021: On 20 December 2021, the TDF requested a ceasefire. Following the ceasefire request, the ENDF stated that it would not advance any deeper into the Tigray region.

  • Disestablishment


  • December 2021: On 20 December 2021, the TDF requested a ceasefire. Following the ceasefire request, the ENDF stated that it would not advance any deeper into the Tigray region.
  • Selected Sources


  • Tigray War as of April 2021. Retrieved on March, 1st 2024 on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tigray_War_as_of_April_2021.jpg and based on Ethiopia Map's (https://twitter.com/MapEthiopia)
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