The Oromo Liberation Front was born in the early 1970’s. Just before it came the formation of the #OromoLiberationArmy. The OLA is a guerrilla warfare movement striving for the freedom of Oromo people and lands from the Ethiopian empire. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

“There are reports of OLA’s activities in Arsi, Bale, and Hararge zones. ... If confirmed, OLA now seems to be operating in all zones of Oromia.” @AwashPost
#SecureOromia #OromoProtests #OromoLiberationFront https://www.awashpost.com/2020/11/23/ethiopia-the-cause-and-genesis-of-the-civil-war-in-oromia/?fbclid=IwAR10GcGBvhTp67J2XnMU1Fk51oOcsqu23ChGW8P-e9AcJf1I74i5CZgiIGs 

When the #OLA liberates a town, they reinstate decision making power to the community by removing federally appointed officials who do not serve the best interests of the people. They don’t take positions of power themselves. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

In a resolution issued by #OLA and #OLF on the 3rd of Dec, 2020, it is described that part of the purpose of the #OLA is to fulfil a “natural obligation to protect itself”, referring to Oromia. Self-defence and liberation are human rights. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

The #OLA aims to give power to the people, so that the people can decide what is best for themselves. The #OLA does not aim to hold power. Its goal is to pave the way for a govt by the people for the people. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

On the 2nd of Nov, #OLA was accused of committing a massacre against Amhara citizens of Oromia, with the TPLF. The OLA have vehemently denied any involvement in the attack and have no working relationship with the TPLF. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

Since @AbiyAhmedAli’s appointment, the Ethio gov’t has been engaged in a civil war in Western Oromian to eliminate the #OromoLiberationArmy. Since 2018, the army has grown exponentially and is as disciplined, focused & effective as it was decades ago. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

Who are the fighters of the #OromoLiberationArmy? They are doctors, professors, students, mothers, fathers, artists & more. The OLA compels nobody to join their ranks, ordinary Oromo people willingly decide to leave everything to enter the struggle. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

No nation has overcome the imposition of an empire without armed struggle. The #OromoLiberationArmy play as important a part in achieving liberation as non-violent resistance. There is dignity and courage in both forms of struggle. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

In discourses focusing on present and future circumstances pertaining to ETH, active operations for independence are sidelined and marginalised. This is unwise as the Oromo & other nations will fight until liberation is realised #OromoLiberationArmy #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

The #OromoLiberationArmy is concerned with more than just warfare. It is an institution that is committed to the cultural, linguistic and history based education of the Oromo people. When colonisation is realised via cultural hegemony, this is vital. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

The ETH Govt’s has engaged in propaganda campaigns claiming the OLA terrorises civilians to justify the military occupation of Western Oromia #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

Before the #OLA attacks gov’t infrastructure, they make sure nobody is occupying the premises. Harming civilians, of any ethnicity, goes against entrenched values of the army. They are engaged in war whilst strictly adhering to Safuu, or ethics.  #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

Part of #OLA didn’t disarm in 2018 because it’s leaders were highly suspicious of @AbiyAhmedAli’s intentions. He held an integral position in sustaining a system of oppression for 27 yrs, OLA saw this as an immediate red flag. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

The govt wants the public to think that #OLA is a threat to peaceful civilians, but the people's growing support for OLA in the face of the state sanctioned terror in Oromia suggests otherwise. OLA is the protector & the defence force of the people. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests

The #OromoLiberationArmy must take a central position in the int community’s comprehension of the Oromo struggle’s movements. We are no longer interested in just sympathies. We are a nation seeking liberation from the Ethio empire. #SecureOromia #OromoProtests