Ogaden National Liberation Front Jabhadda Wadaniga Xoreynta Ogaadeeniya الجبهة الوطنية لتحرير أوجادين | |
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Abbreviation | ONLF |
Leader | Abdirahman Mahdi |
Founded | 1984 |
Split from | WSLF |
Ideology | Somali nationalism |
Political position | Centre-left |
Colors | Green, Blue, Red |
Seats in the House of Federation | 0 / 112
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Seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives | 0 / 547
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Party flag | |
Website | |
http://onlf.org/ | |
The Ogaden National Liberation Front (abbreviated ONLF, Somali: Jabhadda Wadaniga Xoreynta Ogaadeeniya; Arabic: الجبهة الوطنية لتحرير أوجادين, romanized: Al-Jabhat al-wataniat litahrir 'Awjadin) is a social and political movement, founded in 1984 to campaign for the right to self-determination for Somalis in the Ogaden or Somali Region of Ethiopia. The armed wing of the ONLF waged an insurgency against the Ethiopian government from 1994 to 2018.