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Gumuz People's Democratic Movement
The Gumuz People’s Democratic Movement or GPDM is an armed rebel group based in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. They were a participant in the Benishangul-Gumuz conflict The Benishangul-Gumuz conflict was an armed conflict mostly in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia that started in 2019, until peace agreement signed between the rebel groups and the government of Ethiopia in October 2022 ... and signed a peace agreement with the government in October 2022. See also * Benishangul People's Liberation Movement References {{reflist United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces Benishangul-Gumuz Region Rebel groups in Ethiopia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benishangul-Gumuz Region
Benishangul-Gumuz () is a regional state in northwestern Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ... bordering Sudan. It was previously known as Region 6. The region's capital is Assosa. Following the adoption of the 1995 constitution, the region was created from the westernmost portion of the Gojjam province (the part north of the Abay River), and the northwestern portion of the Welega Province (the part south of the Abay). The name of the region comes from two peoples – Berta (also called Benishangul, which is its original name) and Gumuz. The region has faced major challenges to economic development, due to lack of transportation and communications infrastructure. The Abay River (Blue Nile) divides Benishangul-Gumuz, and there was no bridge crossing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia covers a land area of . , it has around 128 million inhabitants, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, thirteenth-most populous country in the world, the List of African countries by population, second-most populous in Africa after Nigeria, and the most populous landlocked country on Earth. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African Plate, African and Somali Plate, Somali tectonic plates. Early modern human, Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out for the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benishangul-Gumuz Conflict
The Benishangul-Gumuz conflict was an armed conflict mostly in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia that started in 2019, until peace agreement signed between the rebel groups and the government of Ethiopia in October 2022. Background Ethnic tensions Benishangul-Gumuz is home to several different ethnicities including the Gumuz people, Gumuz, Berta people, Berta, Shinasha people, Shinasha, Mao people, Mao, Kwama people, Komo and Fadashi people, Fadashi. The Gumuz have had tensions with agricultural Amhara people, Amhara, Oromo people, Oromos, Tigrayans and Agaw people, Agaw migrants, who in Metekel Zone constitute minority ethnic groups. Large scale land acquisitions by both local and foreign investors have pushed the Gumuz off the land. The Benishangul-Gumuz constitution was revised in 2002 to designate the Gumuz, Shinasha, Berta, Komo, and Mao as “owners” and disenfranchised all other ethnic groups as residents, but not citizens, limiting their prospe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benishangul People's Liberation Movement
Benishangul People's Liberation Movement or BPLM is an armed rebel group based in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. BPLM signed peace deals with the federal Ethiopian government in 2005, 2013 and 2022. Creation According to '' Tigrai Online'', Benishangul People's Liberation Movement was created in 1996 as an armed rebel movement. An Ethiopian prosecutor claimed that BPLM was created by Abdulwahab Mehadi in 2007. Aims BPLM claimed in 2018 that the Berta people and the Gumuz people were "oppressed by all three of Ethiopia's most powerful communities" and that the Oromo Liberation Front had attacked local inhabitants in Kamashi Zone. Leadership According to an Ethiopian prosecutor, Abdulwahab Mehadi headed BPLM from 2007 to 2015. Husien Ahmed was one BPLM's leaders in 2013. Peace processes BPLM signed a peace deal with the federal Ethiopian government in 2005. Fighting resumed in 2006. In June 2013, BPLM and the federal government agreed to a peace deal in 2013. BPLM m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Front Of Ethiopian Federalist And Confederalist Forces
The United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces (UFEFCF) was a coalition of six Ethiopian rebel groups, including the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) before 2022 and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), created in November 2021 during the Tigray War. Creation TDF–OLA alliance In August 2021, Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) leader Debretsion Gebremichael and spokesperson Getachew Reda stated that the Tigray Defense Forces was in negotiations with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) to cooperate in fighting against the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF). OLA spokesperson Odaa Tarbii stated that the two groups "share intel and coordinate strategy"; however, he stated that they share no common ideological goals with the TPLF and thus the collaboration was only temporary. Nine-group alliance By late October 2021, negotiations had extended to several smaller rebel groups, of which many are widely known to be satellite organizations created and funde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
