Abduction / extortion / forced conscription by government forces in Guto Gida, East Wollega (11 Apr 2026)
- Ref
- OHRM-2026-0307
- Date of incident
- Zone
- East Wollega
In the first week of April, many unwilling conscripts for militia training, including Badhaasaa Nagawoo and Dhibbaa Garoo, were taken to a camp near the village of Arattanyaa Timbaa’o, under the Horo Alaltu town administration in Guto Gida district, East Wallega. They were described as being heads of families and of an ‘unsuitable age’ for military training. ONM concluded on 11 April that over 5,000 civilians had been rounded up from villages in Jimma Ganati district, Horo Guduru, during the ‘third round’ of forced conscription and were being trained in the camp in Harato town (in addition to the 3,640 in the first two rounds – see above).
Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 73 (2026-06-12), p.51. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-73-12-June-2026.pdf