Oromo conflict
Part of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa and Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
Oromia in Ethiopia.svg
The Oromia Region in Ethiopia
Date1973–present
(49 years)
Location
Oromia, Ethiopia
Result

Ongoing

  • Peace agreement reached in 2018
Belligerents
  •  Ethiopia
  • Former combatants:
  • Ethiopian Empire(1973–75)
  • Derg(1975–87)
  • PDRE(1987–91)
  • TGE(1991–95)
OLF
IFLO
EUPF
Supported by:
 Eritrea(until 2018)
 Egypt (alleged)
Commanders and leaders

Sahle-Work Zewde
(President of Ethiopia)
Abiy Ahmed
(Prime Minister of Ethiopia)

Abraham Belay
(Minister of Defense)
Haile Selassie I
(Former Emperor of Ethiopia between 1973–1975)
Mengistu Haile
(president of Ethiopia between 1977–1991)
Meles Zenawi
(Prime Minister of Ethiopia between 1991–2012)
Hailemariam Desalegn
(Prime Minister of Ethiopia between 2012–2018)
Dawud Ibsa Ayana
Elemo Qiltu 
Ahmad Taqi 
Tadesse Birru 
Waqo Gutu
Jaarraa
Units involved
Army of the Ethiopian Empire (until 1975)
Socialist Ethiopian Liberation Army(1975–1991)
Ethiopian National Defense Force(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
  1. ^Alleged by the government of Ethiopia.[citation needed]