Killings of Oromo civilians in Moyale and surrounding districts (21–30 Oct 2026)
Compiled from media and human rights organisation reports. OHRM has not independently verified it. How we verify
- Ref
- OHRM-2026-0733
- Date of incident
- (approximate)
- Alleged responsible party
- Somali regional forces
- Zone
- Borena
- Number of people affected
- 9
- Published
Tensions in Moyale escalated after Somali Region and Somalia national flags were raised at an office on the Oromo side of the town on 18 October 2026. Demonstrations by Oromo residents on 21 October were quickly ended as violence intensified. Between 21 and 30 October, heavily armed Somali militia and Somali Region forces reportedly killed Oromo residents of Moyale and surrounding districts and burned their homes. OSG reports little or no response from federal or regional Ethiopian forces.
Media reported at least nine deaths; OSG reports a significantly higher number. On 25 October, a source OSG describes as reliable sent photographs reportedly showing ten severed heads and the mutilated body of an Oromo police officer. The photographs are held by OSG and have not been independently verified.
The violence occurs against a background of long-term territorial loss by Borana Oromo pastoralists over the past 140 years.
Mobs in Borama, Somaliland, reportedly incited by Somali media coverage of the Moyale violence, burned more than 150 homes of Oromo refugees on 29 October. Somaliland officials condemned the attacks, and thousands of Oromo refugees in Hargeisa report fear of further violence.
Status: single-source report (Oromia Support Group). The death toll and the alleged al-Shabaab involvement are unverified.
Source: Oromia Support Group, press release (3 Nov 2026). https://oromiasupport.org
Context: Addis Standard, "Contested land, historical grievances: tracing Borana pastoralists' territorial loss and roots of Moyale conflict", Prof. Galgalo Dika (2 Nov 2026). https://addisstandard.com/contested-land-historical-grievances-tracing-borana-pastoralists-territorial-loss-and-roots-of-moyale-conflict/
Borama: Addis Standard, "Somaliland officials condemn attacks on Oromo residents in Borama after more than 150 homes reportedly damaged". https://addisstandard.com/somaliland-officials-condemn-attacks-on-oromo-residents-in-borama-after-more-than-150-homes-reportedly-damaged/
English Machine translated
Killings of Oromo civilians in Moyale and surrounding districts (21–30 Oct 2026)
Tensions in Moyale escalated after the Somali Region and Somali national flags were raised at an office on the Oromo side of the town on 18 October Between 21 and 30 October, heavily armed Somali militia and Somali Region forces reportedly killed Oromo residents of Moyale and surrounding districts and burned their homes. OSG reports little or no response from federal or regional Ethiopian forces.
Media reported at least nine deaths; OSG reports a significantly higher number. On 25 October, a source OSG describes as reliable sent photographs reportedly showing ten severed heads and the mutilated body of an Oromo police officer. The photographs are taken by OSG and have not been independently verified.
The violence occurs against a background of long-term territorial loss by Borana Oromo pastoralists over the past 140 years.
Mobs in Borama, Somaliland, burned more than 150 homes of Oromo refugees on 29 October, reportedly incited by Somali media coverage of the violence in Moyale. Somaliland officials condemned the attacks, and thousands of Oromo refugees in Hargeisa reported fear of further violence.
Status: single-source report (Oromia Support Group). The death toll and the alleged al-Shabaab involvement are unverified.
Source: Oromia Support Group, press release (3 Nov 2026). https://www.youtube.org
Context: Addis Standard, "Contested land, historical grievances: tracing Borana pastoralists' territorial loss and roots of Moyale conflict", Prof. Galgalo Dika (2 Nov 2026). https://addisstandard.com/contested-land-historical-grievances-tracing-borana-pastoralists-territorial-loss-and-roots-of-moyale-conflict/
Borama: Addis Standard, "Somaliland officials condemn attacks on Oromo residents in Borama after more than 150 homes were reportedly damaged" https://addisstandard.com/somaliland-officials-condemn-attacks-on-oromo-residents-in-borama-after-more-than-150-homes-reportedly-damaged/
አማርኛ Machine translated
በሞያሌ እና አካባቢው ወረዳዎች በኦሮሞ ሰላማዊ ዜጎች ላይ የተፈፀመው ግድያ (21–30 ኦክቶበር 2026)
በሞያሌ ከተማ ውጥረቱ ተባብሶ የሶማሌ ክልል እና የሶማሌ ብሄራዊ ሰንደቅ አላማ በከተማው ኦሮሞ በኩል ጥቅምት 18 ቀን 2010 ዓ.ም ከኦክቶበር 21 እስከ 30 ባለው ጊዜ ውስጥ ቢሮ ውስጥ ከፍ ብሎ መውለዱን ተከትሎ ከፍተኛ የታጠቁ የሶማሌ ሚሊሻዎች እና የሶማሌ ክልል ሃይሎች በሞያሌ እና አካባቢው የሚገኙ የኦሮሞ ተወላጆችን መግደላቸውን እና ቤታቸውን ማቃጠላቸው ታውቋል። ኦኤስጂ የዘገበው ከፌዴራል ወይም ከክልላዊ የኢትዮጵያ ኃይሎች ጥቂት ወይም ምንም ምላሽ የለም።
ሚዲያ ቢያንስ ዘጠኝ ሞት ዘግቧል; OSG በጣም ከፍ ያለ ቁጥርን ሪፖርት አድርጓል። እ.ኤ.አ ኦክቶበር 25፣ የOSG ምንጭ ታማኝ የተላኩ ፎቶግራፎች አስር የተቆረጡ ራሶች እና የአንድ የኦሮሞ ፖሊስ አባል አካል የተቆረጠ መሆኑን ያሳያል። ፎቶግራፎቹ የተነሱት በOSG ነው እና በግል አልተረጋገጡም።
ጥቃቱ የተከሰተው ባለፉት 140 ዓመታት ውስጥ በቦረና ኦሮሞ አርብቶ አደሮች የረዥም ጊዜ የመሬት መጥፋት ዳራ ላይ ነው።
በሶማሌ ላንድ ቦራማ በጥቅምት 29 ቀን ከ150 የሚበልጡ የኦሮሞ ስደተኞችን መኖሪያ ቤቶች አቃጥለውታል ፣ይህም በሶማሌ ሚዲያ በሞያሌ ስላለው ሁከት መዘገቧ ተዘግቧል። የሶማሊላንድ ባለስልጣናት ጥቃቱን ያወገዙ ሲሆን በሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ በሃርጌሳ የሚገኙ የኦሮሞ ስደተኞች ተጨማሪ ጥቃት ሊደርስ ይችላል የሚል ስጋት እንዳላቸው ገልጸዋል።
ሁኔታ፡ ነጠላ ምንጭ ሪፖርት (የኦሮሚያ ድጋፍ ቡድን)። የሟቾች ቁጥር እና የአልሸባብ እጅ አለበት የተባለው የተረጋገጠ ነገር የለም።
ምንጭ፡ የኦሮሚያ ድጋፍ ቡድን፣ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ (3 ህዳር 2026)። https://www.youtube.org
ዐውደ-ጽሑፍ፡ አዲስ ስታንዳርድ፣ “የተከራከረ መሬት፣ ታሪካዊ ቅሬታዎች፡ የቦረና አርብቶ አደሮች የመሬት መጥፋት እና የሞያሌ ግጭት መነሻ”፣ ፕሮፌሰር ጋልጋሎ ዲቃ (2 ህዳር 2026)። https://addisstandard.com/የተከራከረ-የመሬት-ታሪካዊ-ቅሬታ-የቦረና-አርብቶ አደሮች-ግዛት-መጥፋት-እና-የሞያሌ-ግጭት-ሥር-መከታተል/
ቦራማ፡ አዲስ ስታንዳርድ፡ "ከ150 በላይ ቤቶች መጎዳታቸውን ተከትሎ የሶማሊላንድ ባለስልጣናት በቦራማ በኦሮሞ ተወላጆች ላይ የደረሰውን ጥቃት አወገዙ"
ትግርኛ Machine translated
ቅትለት ሲቪል ኦሮሞ ኣብ ሞያለን ከባቢኣን (21–30 Oct 2026)
ብ18 ጥቅምቲ ብወገን ኦሮሞ እታ ከተማ ኣብ ዝርከብ ቤት ጽሕፈት ክልል ሶማልን ሶማልያን ሃገራዊ ባንዴራታት ምስተልዓለ ኣብ ሞያሌ ወጥሪ ተጋዲዱ ኣብ መንጎ 21ን 30ን ጥቅምቲ ብብዝሒ ዕጡቓት ምልሻ ሶማልያን ሓይልታት ክልል ሶማልን ንነበርቲ ሞያለን ከባቢኣን ዝነብሩ ኦሮሞ ተቐቲሎም ኣባይቶም ከምዘቃጸሉ ይግለጽ። OSG ካብ ፌደራላዊ ይኹን ክልላዊ ሓይልታት ኢትዮጵያ ዝወሃብ ምላሽ ውሑድ ወይ ድማ ዋላ ሓንቲ ከምዘይብሉ ይሕብር።
ሚድያታት ብውሕዱ ትሽዓተ ሰባት ሞይቶም፤ OSG ብኣግባቡ ዝለዓለ ቁጽሪ ከምዘለዎ ይሕብር። ብ25 ጥቅምቲ ሓደ ምንጪ ኦኤስጂ ከም ዘተኣማምን ዝገለጾ ዝተላእከ ስእልታት ዓሰርተ ዝተቖርጸ ርእስን ዝተቖርጸ ሬሳ ናይ ሓደ ኦሮሞ ፖሊስ ፖሊስን ዘርኢ ምዃኑ ይንገር። እቶም ስእልታት ብOSG ዝተሳእሉ ኮይኖም ብናጻ ኣይተረጋገጹን።
እቲ ዓመጽ ኣብ ዝሓለፉ 140 ዓመታት ብጓሶት ቦራና ኦሮሞ ንነዊሕ እዋን ዝጸንሐ ግዝኣታዊ ክሳራ ኣብ ዝገጠመሉ ድሕረ ባይታ እዩ ዝፍጸም።
ኣብ ቦራማ ሶማሊላንድ ዝርከብ ዕስለ ዕሱባት ብ29 ጥቅምቲ ልዕሊ 150 ኣባይቲ ስደተኛታት ኦሮሞ ከምዘቃጸሉ ማዕከናት ዜና ሶማልያ ብዛዕባ እቲ ኣብ ሞያለ ዝተፈጸመ ዓመጽ ዝሃበቶ ሽፋን ከምዝተለዓዓለ ይግለጽ። ሰበስልጣን ሶማሊላንድ ነቲ መጥቃዕቲ ብምኹናን፡ ኣብ ሃርጌሳ ዝርከቡ ብኣሽሓት ዝቑጸሩ ስደተኛታት ኦሮሞ ተወሳኺ ዓመጽ ከይፍጸም ስግኣት ከምዘለዎም ሓቢሮም።
ኩነታት: ሓደ ምንጪ ፀብፃብ (ጉጅለ ደገፍ ኦሮሚያ)። ቁጽሪ ዝሞቱን ተሳትፎ ኣልሸባብ ተባሂሎም ዝተብሃሉ ሰባትን ዘይተረጋገጸ እዩ።
ምንጪ፡ ጉጅለ ደገፍ ኦሮምያ፡ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ (3 Nov 2026)። https://www.youtube.org ዝብል ጽሑፍ ኣሎ።
ዓውደ-ጽሑፍ፡ ኣዲስ ስታንዳርድ፡ "ተወዳዳሪ መሬት፡ ታሪኻዊ ቅሬታታት፡ ምድህሳስ ግዝኣታዊ ክሳራ ጓሶት ቦራናን ሱር ግጭት ሞያሌን"፡ ፕሮፌሰር ጋልጋሎ ዲካ (2 Nov 2026)። https://addisstandard.com/ተወዳዳሪ-መሬት-ታሪኻዊ-ጥርዓናት-ምድላይ-ቦራና-ጓሶት-መሬታዊ-ክሳራን-ሱር-ግጭት-ሞያለ/
ቦራማ፡ ኣዲስ ስታንዳርድ፡ "ሰበስልጣን ሶማሊላንድ ኣብ ቦራማ ኣብ ልዕሊ ነበርቲ ኦሮሞ ዝተፈጸመ መጥቃዕቲ፡ ልዕሊ 150 ኣባይቲ ከምዝተሃስዩ ድሕሪ ምግላጾም ይኹንኑ" https://addisstandard.com/somaliland-officials-condemn-attacks-on-oromo-residents-in-borama-after-more-than-150-homes-reportedly-damaged/