Horn of Africa Rebellion

The Horn of Africa Rebellion was a region-wide rebellion in the Horn of Africa against the three colonial powers in the region - the Kingdom of Italy, the French State and the United Kingdom. The conflict began at the same time a number of other colonial revolts were distracting the European powers, as well as Italy having an internal political crisis with the ailing Duce Mussolini, and France in the midst of a civil war.
The rebels were covertly supported by the United States of America, who were funneling armaments into the region through Free French in French Somaliland contacts and Communists in Italian East Africa. However there was much infighting between the rebel groups in the Horn of Africa, split along ethnic, linguistic, religious and ideological lines - a situation that had been ongoing throughout the preceding Abyssinian insurgency. The majority of the American weapons were taken and used by the Amharan rebels, though the Afarian rebels were also able to take American armaments.