On 1 December 2024, OLA leader Jaal Senay Negasa accepted the deal and signed with Oromia Region President Shimelis Abdisa in Addis Ababa.

[21][22] As of the late 2010s, Kumsa Diriba, commonly known by his nom-de-guerre as Jaal Maaroo, is the commander-in-chief of OLA, largely operating with the Western Command.

[25] In a press release on 10 December 2022, the OLA High Command stated their war was not with any population group and called on the Oromo people to avoid the Ethiopian governments attempts at sparking confrontations with "our brothers and sisters from different communities".

They further added on and called for Oromo's to protect members of ethnic minorities in the Oromia region [26] In their January 2023 political manifesto the OLA reiterated their calls for independent investigations into atrocities or reports of atrocities committed in Oromia, saying "We strongly encourage the international community, through the United Nations and/or other mechanisms, to find out the truth and live up to its pledge of 'Never Again.'

[27][28][29] On 2 November 2020, 54 people—mostly ethnic Amhara women, children and elderly people—were killed in the village of Gawa Qanqa, after government security forces "abruptly and inexplicably left", by attackers identifying themselves as OLA.

They escaped to an area called Tole, where they attacked the local population and destroyed their property as retaliation for their perceived support for the OLA.

- OLA International Spokesperson "Odaa Tarbii" in a message to AP News[30] On 21 May 2023, the Wall Street Journal released a publication in which witnesses were attributing massacres to a "Fekade Abdisa".

In the massacre at Agamsa, Fekade's forces were a short walk away from the town when Oromia Regional Government decided to leave despite residents urging them not to.

[33] On 5 July 2022, Hangassa Ibrahim, a member of the Ethiopian parliament, went on Facebook live stating it was not the OLA that was committing these massacres, but in fact another group formed by actors in the regional government.

[35] This corroborates OLA's claim that a government formed state-backed militia called "Gachana Sirna" are the ones responsible for the massacres occurring in Oromia.

[34] By late October 2021, the OLA controlled various areas in the Welega Zone, Oromia Region including East, West, Kellam, Horo and Illu[36][failed verification].

On 1 November, Jaal Marroo stated that the OLA had taken "several towns in western, central, and southern Oromia, facing little resistance from government forces who were retreating.