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The Bale revolt, also known as the Bale Peasant Movement, was an insurgency that took place in the 1960s in the southeastern Ethiopian province of Bale among the local Oromo and Somali populations. The revolt targeted the feudalist system in place during the Ethiopian Empire and was rooted in ethnic and religious grievances. [3] [4]
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General Waqo Gutu Usu (1924 – 3 February 2006) was an Ethiopian revolutionary and leader of one of the earlier Oromo resistance fighter movements; the Bale Revolt, which in the 1960s had fought against the feudalistic system in place in the Ethiopian Empire. He was elected chairman of the United Liberation Forces of Oromia in 2000.
Resistance then spread over to neighboring Delo district and by the end of 1965 central Bale was in total revolt and under rebel control. [27] Fighting gradually increased in intensity until 1966, at which point the Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency and deployed the army. [28]
The following is a list of Ethiopian–Somali wars and conflicts, giving an overview of the historic and recent conflicts between Ethiopia, Somalia, and Insurgents. 1963–1965 Ogaden Revolt; 1963–1970 Bale Revolt; 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War; 1974–1991 Ethiopian Civil War (WSLF insurgency) 1977–1978 Ogaden War
The population of Afder was around 1,521,100. It was the starting point of the Bale revolt. Gebru Tareke dates its initial act to June 1963, when Kahin Abdi, a bandit known for harboring Somali nationalist sentiments, openly defied the government by "becoming an outlaw of the Robin Hood type." In September, his armed band burned the small salt ...
Primarily, their operations were conducted in the lowland Hararghe and Bale provinces of Ethiopia. [14] In 1963, the Somali government aided the Bale revolt that had begun among the Somali and Oromo populations of Ethiopia. [13] Ogaden region and Ethiopian-Somalia border
Ethiopian Empire [2] Cease-fire. Ceasefire signed in 1967, and Somalia ceased support for insurgents. 1963-1970 Bale Revolt: Oromo people Somali nationalism (In Ethiopia) Supported by: Somalia Soviet Union [1] Ethiopian Empire Supported by: United States. Israel [2] Defeat. Bale revolt suppressed in 1970, and Ethiopia reasserted control over ...