What the records say
- When
- 1963 – 1970
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 6.00° N, 42.00° E
- Description
- guerrilla war in Ethiopia, 1963–1970
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Bale revolt
Guerrilla war in Ethiopia, 1963–1970
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.
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