Ethiopia to commence talks with OLA rebel group this week.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) will begin peace negotiations in Tanzania on Tuesday, marking the first time the Ethiopian government has formally agreed to negotiate with the OLA. The OLA is an outlawed splinter group of the Oromo Liberation Front, and its grievances are rooted in the alleged marginalisation of the Oromo people and neglect by the federal government. The OLA and the federal government blame each other for a number of attacks in Ethiopia's Oromiya region, separate from the fighting in Tigray, but the OLA forged an alliance with the Tigray People's Liberation Front in 2021.