Homes of Oromo residents burned 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-2026-0734
- Date of incident
- (approximate)
- Alleged responsible party
- Somali regional forces
- Zone
- Borena
- 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.
The number of homes burned has not been reported. The same attacks are recorded separately as killings and as forced displacement.
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/
English Machine translated
The city of Moyale is the largest city in the world (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.
The number of homes burned has not been reported. The same attacks are recorded separately as killings and as forced displacement.
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/
አማርኛ Machine translated
የሞያሌ ከተማ የአለማችን ትልቁ ከተማ ናት (ኦክቶበር 21–30 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።
የተቃጠሉት ቤቶች ቁጥር አልተገለጸም። ተመሳሳይ ጥቃቶች በግድያ እና በግዳጅ መፈናቀል ተብለው ተመዝግበዋል.
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/
ትግርኛ Machine translated
ከተማ ሞያለ ኣብ ዓለምና ዝዓበየት ከተማ እያ (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።
ብዝሒ ዝተቓጸሉ ኣባይቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣይተገልጸን። ተመሳሳሊ መጥቃዕቲ ከም ቅትለትን ከም ግዱድ ምምዝባልን በበይኑ ይምዝገብ።
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/