The Oromo Liberation Front and its Long Journey: Achievements, Challenges, and Resilience

This article identifies and examines several interrelated issues concerning the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), which has struggled to liberate Oromo society from Abyssinian/Ethiopian settler colonialism and its authoritarian-terrorist state for almost a half-century. These issues include the formation of the front, its objectives, accomplishments, and obstacles, the emergence of the Abiy Ahmed government, and the consolidation and expansion of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA). The piece starts its analysis by providing methodological and theoretical insights.