List of rebel groups in Ethiopia

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This is an incomplete list of rebel groups in Ethiopia currently and formerly active in the country.

## Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)

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Afar Liberation Front | ALF  | 1975  | Afar Region | Armed wing disarmed after the civil war and became a political party.
All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement | MEISON  | 1968  |  | Became a member of the UEDF coalition.
Amhara National Democratic Movement | ANDM  | 1982  | Wollo Province | Became a member of the EPRDF coalition.
Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic Forces | COEDF  |  ????  | No specific region | Formed by former members of MEISON and the EPRP.
Eritrean Liberation Front | ELF  | 1961  | Eritrean Province |
Eritrean People's Liberation Front | EPLF  | 1970  | Eritrean Province | Disbanded following the independence of Eritrea and became the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) in 1994.
Ethiopian Democratic Union | EDU  | 1974  | No specific region | Merged with the Ethiopian Democratic Party to form the Ethiopian Democratic Unity Party.
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party | EPRP  | 1972  | No specific region |
Gambela People's Liberation Movement | GPLM  | 1985  | Gambela Region |
Horyaal Democratic Front | HDF  | 1977  | Somali Region |
Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia | IFLO  | 1985  | East Hararghe Zone | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war.
Kefagn Patriotic Front | KPF  |  ????  | Eritrean Province |
Marxist–Leninist League of Tigray | MLLT  | 1983  | No specific region | Part of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
Ogaden National Liberation Front | ONLF  | 1984  | Somali Region | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war.
Oromo Liberation Front | OLF  | 1973  | Oromia Region | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war.
Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization | OPDO  | 1982  | Oromia Region |
Popular Liberation Forces | PLF  |  ????  | Eritrean Province |
Tigray People's Liberation Front | TPLF  | 1975  | Tigray Region |
Western Somali Liberation Front | WSLF  | 1973  | Somali Region |

## Post-Cold War (1991–present)

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Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front | ARDUF  | 1993  | Afar Region |
Democratic Front for Eritrean Unity | DFEU  |  ????  | Afar Region | Allied with the Ethiopian government.
Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama | DMLEK  |  ????  | Afar Region | Allied with the Ethiopian government.
Eritrean National Salvation Front | ENSF  |  ????  | Afar Region | Allied with the Ethiopian government.
Ethiopian Democratic Party | EDP  | 1999  | No specific region | Became a political party after the civil war.
Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front | EPPF  | 1998  | Ethiopia–Eritrea border  |
Ginbot 7 | None | 2005  | No specific region | Accused by the Ethiopian government of attempting a coup in 2009.
Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia | IFLO  | 1985  | East Hararghe Zone | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war.
Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front | IGLF  | 1991  | Ethiopia–Somalia border  | Defunct since 1992.
Ogaden National Liberation Front | ONLF  | 1984  | Somali Region | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war.
Oromo Liberation Front | OLF  | 1973  | Oromia Region | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war.
Oromo Liberation Front — Shane Group[1] | OLF-SG  |  | Oromia Region |
Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation | RSADO  | 1999  | Afar Region | Allied with the Ethiopian government.
Saho People's Democratic Movement | SPDM  |  ????  | Afar Region | Allied with the Ethiopian government.
Sidama Liberation Front | SLF  | 1999  | Sidama Region |
Tigray People's Liberation Front | TPLF  | 1975  | Tigray Region |

## References

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1. ^ "Ethiopia | Opposition groups — recent developments" (PDF). Ministry of Immigration and Integration (Denmark). Retrieved 5 December 2020.