{"id":4815,"date":"2026-09-21T01:11:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T01:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4815"},"modified":"2026-09-21T01:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T01:11:29","slug":"ethiopian-armed-groups-forge-alliance-against-government-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4815","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian armed groups forge alliance against government | Conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former adversaries say they will settle differences as fears grow of expanding war in Ethiopia.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 21 Sep 2026<\/span>21 Sep 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Seven Ethiopian armed groups have formed an alliance aimed at overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.<\/p>\n

The groups announced the alliance on Sunday, saying that they would work together to set up an inclusive transitional government.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have established a joint alliance called the Ethiopian Peoples\u2019 Forces Alliance for Survival, known in short as the Alliance for Survival,\u201d the groups said in a joint statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The alliance includes<\/a> the Amhara Fano National Movement, a coalition of Fano factions that has fought federal forces in the Amhara region since 2023; the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF), which dominated Ethiopian politics for nearly three decades before Abiy took office; and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which has fought federal forces in Oromia since 2018.<\/p>\n

Four smaller groups \u2013 the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), the Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (Ugugumo), the Benishangul Peoples\u2019 Liberation Movement and the Gumuz Peoples\u2019 Democratic Movement \u2013 make up the rest.<\/p>\n

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The groups\u2019 leaders had been talking to form the alliance for about a year, a source close to Fano told Al Jazeera on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes weeks after clashes in the northern region of Tigray, one of the most serious breaches yet of a 2022 peace deal, deepened fears of a return to full-scale war.<\/p>\n

Fighting has gripped parts of Oromia since 2018 and Amhara since 2023.<\/p>\n

Abiy came to power in 2018 promising sweeping reforms. He freed journalists, activists and other political prisoners and revoked bans on many political parties after taking power.<\/p>\n

But his opponents and human rights activists accuse his government<\/a> of reversing those gains in recent years.<\/p>\n

In the statement, the alliance accuses the government of imposing \u201cdictatorial rule\u201d that has pushed the country towards break-up.<\/p>\n

It also says a transitional government guided by a charter would work to end the wars, protect rights and open a national dialogue.<\/p>\n

Jaal Marroo, the OLA\u2019s military leader, told a local broadcaster earlier this month that they had met several times before settling on the final announcement.<\/p>\n

Zemene Kassie, the Fano leader, first publicly indicated that deals had been reached in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Le Temps, published on August 16.<\/p>\n

The government has not publicly commented on Sunday\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n

Fano fought alongside federal forces against Tigray\u2019s fighters in the Tigray war of 2020 to 2022, which killed hundreds of thousands.<\/p>\n

Amhara and Tigray also both claim Western Tigray, which Amhara nationalists have administered since the war ended.<\/p>\n

Ethiopian academic Eyob Tilahun told Al Jazeera on Sunday that the competing groups had agreed to have a dialogue and form an alliance \u201cin the best interests of the public\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose allied forces believe that they all face a survival threat from the government,\u201d Eyob said.<\/p>\n

The 2022 peace agreement, signed in Pretoria, South Africa, ended the war between the federal government and Tigray\u2019s forces but left disputes over disarmament and the TPLF\u2019s legal status unresolved.<\/p>\n

In mid-July, the TPLF declared the 2022 Pretoria peace deal \u201ceffectively dead\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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