{"id":1299,"date":"2026-09-20T17:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2026-09-20T17:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:35:36","slug":"ethiopian-armed-groups-announce-coalition-against-the-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/ethiopian-armed-groups-announce-coalition-against-the-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian Armed Groups Announce Coalition Against the Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Addis Ababa:<\/strong>&nbsp;Armed groups operating in various parts of Ethiopia and fighting for political change announced the formation of a coalition on Sept. 20, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a live press release, coalition chairman Zemene Kassie said the group aims to remove the current government and establish a broad based transitional government. The coalition consists of seven armed groups operating in different parts of the country:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Amhara Fano National Movement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oromo Liberation Army<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tigray People&#8217;s Liberation Front<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ogaden National Liberation Front<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Afar National Unity Front<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benishangul People&#8217;s Liberation Movement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gumuz People&#8217;s Democratic Movement<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the press release, the coalition accused the government of failing to ensure peace and security and alleged that it has contributed to conflicts among communities and promoted what it described as tribalism, potentially threatening the country&#8217;s unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group also raised allegations of widespread ethnic cleansing in various parts of the country and described the violence as state-sponsored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kassie said the coalition&#8217;s basic principles include silencing the guns, protecting human and democratic rights, ensuring peace and security for citizens, and addressing Ethiopia&#8217;s social and economic crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coalition&#8217;s announcement brings together armed groups that have been operating in different parts of Ethiopia and opposing the federal government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addis Ababa:&nbsp;Armed groups operating in various parts of Ethiopia and fighting for political change announced the formation of a coalition on Sept. 20, 2026. During a live press release, coalition chairman Zemene Kassie said the group aims to remove the current government and establish a broad based transitional government. The coalition consists of seven armed groups operating in different parts of the country: During the press release, the coalition accused the government of failing to ensure peace and security and alleged that it has contributed to conflicts among communities and promoted what it described as tribalism, potentially threatening the country&#8217;s unity. The group also raised allegations of widespread ethnic cleansing in various parts of the country and described the violence as state-sponsored. Kassie said the coalition&#8217;s basic principles include silencing the guns, protecting human and democratic rights, ensuring peace and security for citizens, and addressing Ethiopia&#8217;s social and economic crisis. The coalition&#8217;s announcement brings together armed groups that have been operating in different parts of Ethiopia and opposing the federal government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[66,129,55,56,128,61],"class_list":["post-1299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-afar","tag-benishangul","tag-ethiopia","tag-fano","tag-ola","tag-tplf"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1301,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions\/1301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}