List of rebel groups in Ethiopia

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

Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)

NameAbbreviationFoundedLocationNotes Afar Liberation FrontALF1975Afar RegionArmed wing disarmed after the civil war and became a political party.All-Ethiopia Socialist MovementMEISON1968Became a member of the UEDF coalition.Amhara National Democratic MovementANDM1982Wollo ProvinceBecame a member of the EPRDF coalition.Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic ForcesCOEDF ????No specific regionFormed by former members of MEISON and the EPRP. Eritrean Liberation FrontELF1961Eritrean Province Eritrean People's Liberation FrontEPLF1970Eritrean ProvinceDisbanded following the independence of Eritrea and became the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) in 1994.Ethiopian Democratic UnionEDU1974No specific regionMerged with the Ethiopian Democratic Party to form the Ethiopian Democratic Unity Party. Ethiopian People's Revolutionary PartyEPRP1972No specific region Gambela People's Liberation MovementGPLM1985Gambela RegionHoryaal Democratic FrontHDF1977Somali Region Islamic Front for the Liberation of the OromoIFLO1985East Hararghe ZoneContinued armed insurgency after the civil war.Kefagn Patriotic FrontKPF ????Eritrean ProvinceMarxist–Leninist League of TigrayMLLT1983No specific regionPart of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Ogaden National Liberation FrontONLF1984Somali RegionContinued armed insurgency after the civil war. Oromo Liberation FrontOLF1973Oromia RegionContinued armed insurgency after the civil war.OPDO1982Oromia RegionPopular Liberation ForcesPLF ????Eritrean Province Tigray People's Liberation FrontTPLF1975Tigray Region Western Somali Liberation FrontWSLF1973Somali Region

Post-Cold War (1991–present)

NameAbbreviationFoundedLocationNotes Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity FrontARDUF1993Afar RegionDemocratic Front for Eritrean UnityDFEU ????Afar RegionAllied with the Ethiopian government.DMLEK ????Afar RegionAllied with the Ethiopian government. Eritrean National Salvation FrontENSF ????Afar RegionAllied with the Ethiopian government.Ethiopian Democratic PartyEDP1999No specific regionBecame a political party after the civil war.Ethiopian People's Patriotic FrontEPPF1998Ethiopia–Eritrea borderGinbot 7None2005No specific regionAccused by the Ethiopian government of attempting a coup in 2009. Islamic Front for the Liberation of the OromoIFLO1985East Hararghe ZoneContinued armed insurgency after the civil war.Issa and Gurgura Liberation FrontIGLF1991Ethiopia–Somalia borderDefunct since 1992. Ogaden National Liberation FrontONLF1984Somali RegionContinued armed insurgency after the civil war. Oromo Liberation FrontOLF1973OromiaContinued armed insurgency after the civil war.Oromo Liberation Front — Shane GroupOLF-SGOromia Region Red Sea Afar Democratic OrganisationRSADO1999Afar RegionAllied with the Ethiopian government. Saho People's Democratic MovementSPDM ????Afar RegionAllied with the Ethiopian government. Sidama National Liberation FrontSLF1999Sidama Region Tigray People's Liberation FrontTPLF1975Tigray Region

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