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What Happened In May?  Talks between the federal government and Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) ended without agreement. Authorities denied the Tigray People’s Liberation Front’s (TPLF) request to restore its legal registration as a political party. Security operations in Amhara raised human rights concerns.

Why Does It Matter?  While government-OLA negotiations were an important step toward ending the long-running insurgency in Oromia, both sides’ uncompromising stances impeded progress and violence continued. The decision on the TPLF’s political party status marked a setback in otherwise improving federal-Tigray relations.

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