Seven Armed Groups Announce 'Alliance for Survival' to Topple Abiy Government

On the evening of Sep 20, 2026, seven Ethiopian armed and political movements — the TPLF, the Amhara Fano National Movement (AFNM), the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), the Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF), the Benishangul People's Liberation Movement (BPLF), and the Gumuz People's Democratic Movement (GPDM) — announced the formation of the Ethiopian Peoples' Forces Alliance for Survival (EPFAS) in a statement read live on Tigrai television by AFNM chairman Zemene Kassie. The coalition pledged to overthrow Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and install an inclusive transitional administration. The OLA later described its own involvement as 'procedural consensus' rather than a unified military command, and former TPLF official Getachew Reda publicly voiced skepticism about the alliance's prospects.