# List of rebel groups in Ethiopia

This is an incomplete list of rebel groups in Ethiopia currently and formerly active in the country.

## Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)

| Name | Abbreviation | Founded | Location | Notes |
| Afar Liberation Front | ALF | 1975 | Afar Region | Armed wing disarmed after the civil war and became a political party. |
| All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement | MEISON | 1968 | | Became a member of the UEDF coalition. |
| Amhara National Democratic Movement | ANDM | 1982 | Wollo Province | Became a member of the EPRDF coalition. |
| Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic Forces | COEDF | ???? | No specific region | Formed by former members of MEISON and the EPRP. |
| Eritrean Liberation Front | ELF | 1961 | Eritrean Province | |
| Eritrean People's Liberation Front | EPLF | 1970 | Eritrean Province | Disbanded following the independence of Eritrea and became the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) in 1994. |
| Ethiopian Democratic Union | EDU | 1974 | No specific region | Merged with the Ethiopian Democratic Party to form the Ethiopian Democratic Unity Party. |
| Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party | EPRP | 1972 | No specific region | |
| Gambela People's Liberation Movement | GPLM | 1985 | Gambela Region | |
| Horyaal Democratic Front | HDF | 1977 | Somali Region | |
| Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia | IFLO | 1985 | East Hararghe Zone | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| Kefagn Patriotic Front | KPF | ???? | Eritrean Province | |
| Marxist–Leninist League of Tigray | MLLT | 1983 | No specific region | Part of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). |
| Ogaden National Liberation Front | ONLF | 1984 | Somali Region | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| Oromo Liberation Front | OLF | 1973 | Oromia Region | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization | OPDO | 1982 | Oromia Region | |
| Popular Liberation Forces | PLF | ???? | Eritrean Province | |
| Tigray People's Liberation Front | TPLF | 1975 | Tigray Region | |
| Western Somali Liberation Front | WSLF | 1973 | Somali Region | |

## Post-Cold War (1991–present)

| Name | Abbreviation | Founded | Location | Notes |
| Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front | ARDUF | 1993 | Afar Region | |
| Democratic Front for Eritrean Unity | DFEU | ???? | Afar Region | Allied with the Ethiopian government. |
| Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama | DMLEK | ???? | Afar Region | Allied with the Ethiopian government. |
| Eritrean National Salvation Front | ENSF | ???? | Afar Region | Allied with the Ethiopian government. |
| Ethiopian Democratic Party | EDP | 1999 | No specific region | Became a political party after the civil war. |
| Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front | EPPF | 1998 | Ethiopia–Eritrea border | |
| Ginbot 7 | None | 2005 | No specific region | Accused by the Ethiopian government of attempting a coup in 2009. |
| Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia | IFLO | 1985 | East Hararghe Zone | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front | IGLF | 1991 | Ethiopia–Somalia border | Defunct since 1992. |
| Ogaden National Liberation Front | ONLF | 1984 | Somali Region | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| Oromo Liberation Front | OLF | 1973 | Oromia Region | Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| Oromo Liberation Front — Shane Group | OLF-SG | | Oromia Region | |
| Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation | RSADO | 1999 | Afar Region | Allied with the Ethiopian government. |
| Saho People's Democratic Movement | SPDM | ???? | Afar Region | Allied with the Ethiopian government. |
| Sidama Liberation Front | SLF | 1999 | Sidama Region | |
| Tigray People's Liberation Front | TPLF | 1975 | Tigray Region | |