Western Galla Confederation
Western Galla | |||||||||
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| 1936 | |||||||||
| Capital | Gore | ||||||||
| Historical era | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | ||||||||
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The Western Galla Confederation, also known as the Western Oromo Confederation or simply as Western Galla, was an Oromo separatist movement in Abyssinia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. The movement sought to split off from Abyssinia and become a mandate of the United Kingdom, however Western Galla gained no international recognition.
Sources
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