Ethiopia Insight published on 24 April 2021 a commentary titled "Ethiopia's Bungled 2018 Deal with Oromo Rebels Is the Cause of Current Turmoil" by Marew Abebe Salemot, Debark University.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's 2018 decision to grant amnesty to exiled Oromo fighters (most of them in Eritrea) on the promise they would lay down their arms resulted in some of them now engaging in a separatist campaign in Oromia.
