Gambela People's Liberation Movement

Gambela People's Liberation Movement
Dates of operation1985 (1985) – 1998 (1998)
HeadquartersPochalla, Sudan (1992)
Active regionsGambela Region, Ethiopia
Opponents Derg
Preceded by
Gambela Liberation Front
Succeeded by
* GPDC

The Gambela People's Liberation Movement (abbreviated GPLM) was a rebel group in the Gambela Region in Ethiopia. The GPLM was founded by Anuak dissidents during the Derg and Woyane regime.[1] The organization remained dominated by Anuaks.[2] Agwa Alemu was the chairman of the GPLM.[3]

  1. ^ Uhlig, Siegbert. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A - C. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2003. p. 285
  2. ^ Human Rights Watch. Targeting the Anuak: human rights violations and crimes against humanity in Ethiopia's Gambella Region. London: Human Rights Watch, 2005. pp. 9-10
  3. ^ International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Katsuyoshi Fukui, Eisei Kurimoto, and Masayoshi Shigeta. Ethiopia in broader perspective: papers of the XIIIth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Kyoto, 12-17 December 1997. Kyoto, Japan: Shokado Book Sellers, 1997. p. 810