Gambela People's Liberation Movement

The group that would form the GPLM were supported by the Sudanese government and linked to the Oromo Liberation Front.[4] At the time of its founding, the GPLM had the stated objective of liberating Gambela from domination by Highlanders (i.e. Amharic, Tigrinya and Oromo peoples).[6] Moreover, the GPLM conceptualized Nuer territorial encroachments in Gambela as a national issue, i.e. as a conflict between Ethiopians and non-citizens.[9] In the war against the Derg regime the GPLM would ally itself with the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), joining the joint anti-Derg offensive in western Ethiopia in 1989.The EPRDF government ordered a forces demobilization of GPLM fighters in 1992, which led to clashes in the regional capital.
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