Oromo Liberation Front

Oromo Liberation Front
Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo
AbbreviationOLF
LeaderDawud Ibsa Ayana
Founded1973
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
ColorsRed, Green and Orange
Seats in the House of Federation
0 / 112
Seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives
0 / 547
Party flag

The Oromo Liberation Front (Oromo: Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo, abbreviated: ABO; English abbreviation: OLF) is an Oromo nationalist political party formed in 1973 to promote self-determination for the Oromo people inhabiting today's Oromia Region and Oromia Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.[5][6][7] The OLF has offices in Addis Ababa, Washington, D.C., and Berlin, from which it operates radio stations that broadcast in Amharic and Oromo.[8][9]

The OLF is not to be confused with the Oromo Liberation Army, which is the now independent former military wing of the OLF. The OLA split from the OLF following disagreements over disarmament.

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