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The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA): A Colourful Moment Around a DShK Heavy Machine Gun

October 15, 2026October 15, 2026

Here’s a colourful, fascinating and insightful moment with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in Ethiopia, as they get excited about a DShK heavy machine gun.

Notice their “style” of appearance.

Re: ‘The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA); Oromo: Waraana Bilisummaa Oromoo, WBO) is an armed opposition group active in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. The OLA consists primarily of former armed members of the pre-peace deal Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) who refused to disarm out of skepticism of the peace deal, and officially split in April 2020.

The Ethiopian government considers the OLF to be a legal political party but the OLA to be a terrorist group. In 2021, the group announced it had established a political wing and would adopt Oromo Liberation Front-Oromo Liberation Army (OLF-OLA) (Oromo: Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo-Waraana Bilisummaa Oromoo, ABO-WBO) as its official name. The Ethiopian government refuses to call the OLA by its chosen name, instead referring to it as Shene (from Oromo: Shanee, lit. five).’ — https://lnkd.in/g_SJUnFh

See Video: https://lnkd.in/p/eF-MbkQq

–RdM

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