All documented incidents
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Killing in Borena (10 Jun 2023)
Hate speech Dr Debru Negash was described as a ‘physician-pilot and an academic who has served in the United Nations as a senior medical advisor’ by Borkena, when he wrote a polemic against ‘loathsome America’ and Abiy Ahmed in July 2021.…
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77 people killed by government forces in Gida Ayana, East Wollega (7 Jun 2023)
On Wednesday 7 June, Fano forces attacked and killed Oromo civilians in Agamsa town and surrounding villages in Amuru district, looting, burning homes and destroying property. Government security forces and Federal Police who were in the…
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Thousands attend funeral of four Muslims killed by security forces in Addis Abeba
Thousands attended the funeral ceremony of Muslims who were killed by security forces. Thousands of Muslims attended the funeral ceremony of four Muslims killed by security forces in Addis Abeba following Friday prayers at the Grand…
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Oromia region defends demolition of buildings as “constitutional and legal”, blames extremists for “false propaganda”
The Oromia regional government said it is carrying out a campaign of demolishing “illegal buildings” in more than 600 cities across the region, and defended the process as “constitutional and legal”. Source: Addis Standard, "News: Oromia…
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Disappearance in West Shewa (31 May 2023)
Mulata Tamiru Ajjema Mustefa Idiris, employee of the Ethiopian Telecommunications Agency in Finfinnee, detained for long period under the Derg, disappeared 31 May, on his way home from work. Nadhi Gammada, OLF central committee member and…
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Fincha sugar factory stops production amid continued instability in Western, Central Oromia
Following continued hostilities between government forces and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) since 20 May 2023, near Fincha Sugar Factory, which is found in the Sulula Fincha district of the Horro Guduru Zone, in Western Oromia, the…
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Killing in Sheger, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (26 May 2023)
Affairs had protested the recent illegal demolition of 19 mosques within Shaggar city alone. The public protest after prayers on Friday 26 May led to 114 arrests. Some of the injured were visited by the President of the Supreme Council of…
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2 people killed by Oromia special forces in Sheger, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (26 May 2023)
On 26 May, two protestors were killed and 40 injured when police cracked down on protestors outside the Grand Anwar Mosque in Shaggar city, the Oromia Special Zone around Finfinnee. The two young men killed were named by Addis Standard:…
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Four people, including two policemen, killed in armed attack in Bokoji city, Oromia
Four people were killed in a deadly attack by armed forces over the weekend on two police stations in Bekoji city, in Arsi zone of Oromia regional state, 220 km from the capital Addis Abeba, sources told Addis Standard . The causalities…
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Sexual violence by government forces in Guliso, West Wollega (22 May 2023)
The group listed 18 who had been physically harmed by government forces and provided photographic evidence for five. All except one are from Guliso district. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 65 (2024-03-14), p.17.…
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Abduction / extortion / forced conscription in West Wollega (17 May 2023)
Akiliiluu Ayyalaa Saaqqataa, from Bila, Boji Birmaji, West Wallega, abducted in Finfinnee, morning of 17 May. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 65 (2024-03-14), p.24.…
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Armed attack on police station in Bishoftu city kills four police officers
An armed attack on a police station in the Chalalaka sub-city of Bishoftu City in East Shoa zone of Oromia region left four policemen dead, an official confirmed to Addis Standard. The attack was carried out by unidentified armed men on…
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OLF warns transgression of international conventions after senior officials go missing from police custody
Kennasa Ayana, who “cannot walk due to ailments sustained after he was detained”. The opposition party Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has warned that “the act of hiding prisoners from their families and close follow-up and blockage of their…
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Prosperity Party organizational department Head of Haruka Woreda, Afar region, shot dead en route from Adama
Afar region prosperity party Omer Lemma, Harka Woreda, Afar Regional State Organizational Department Head of the ruling Prosperity Party (PP) was shot dead by “terrorists” en route from Adama city, in oromia region, to Awash, the party’s…
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Man taken from home by about 20 soldiers in Sululta woreda; whereabouts unknown
At about 8 p.m. on 27 April 2023, at least 20 army soldiers took a man from Lege Heto kebele, Sululta woreda. Soldiers at their camp at Derba refused to tell his family where he was, and people who went to ask were detained and…
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OLF says police dislocates its leaders missing from prison to obstruct NEBE investigation, “highly concerned” for their lives
The opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) says seven of its leaders who are missing from Burayu prison since the evening of 18 April, have been “deliberately dislocated” by the police to unknown location to obstruct an investigation…
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Opposition OLF says seven of its officials in police custody in Burayu missing
Seven senior officials of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) who have been imprisoned for nearly three years and are currently in police custody in Burayu have been missing since the evening of 18 April, the party has said. OLF…
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Killing in East Wollega (Apr 2023)
The following were killed in April and May 2023, according to monthly OLLAA reports … Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 63 (2023-09-12), p.29. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Report-63.pdf
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Detention in Dukem, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (Apr 2023)
Detainees Abdi Regassa, Dawit Abdeta, Lammi Begna, Mikael Boran, Kenassa Ayana, Gaada Gebissa and Gaada Oljira were secretly transferred to Dukem, 37 km southeast of Finfinnee, in April 2023, one day before they were to be visited by…
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Nekemte mayor, other gov’t officials arrested following murder of ruling party official
Mayor of Nekemte, Tolera Regassa and several other government officials of the city have been detained in Nekemte, East Wollega zone of the Oromia region following the murder of the city’s ruling Prosperity Party (PP) office head last…
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As violence in Fentalle persists, another Karayyu Gadaa leader died after heavily beaten by gov’t security forces – residents
Residents say Gobu Hawile a successor of the Karrayyu Gadaa leader who died during the 2021 massacre of the Karrayyu Gadaa leaders, died of injuries incurred when he was heavily beaten by government security forces over the last weakened.…
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Ruling Prosperity Party head in East Wollega, Oromia shot dead
Desalegn Bokonja, head of the ruling Prosperity Party (PP) office in East Wollega Zone in Oromia regional state, was shot dead today in Nekemte city,the city’s communication bureau said. Desalegn was killed this morning “at the door of…
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Heavy flood kills seven in drought ravaged Dawa zone, Somali region, displaces IDPs reeling from drought
A disaster has claimed the lives of seven people after a long-awaited rain in the drought hit districts of Dawa zone, Somali region caused a devastating flood. A heavy rain between March 20 to 23 in all the four districts of the zone…
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Killing by government forces in East Shewa (27 Mar 2023)
On the same day, government security forces raided the seat of Gadaa at Karra in the Fantalle district where ‘innocent pastoralists were severely beaten, robbed, disarmed and imprisoned. Some were severely injured and in a critical…
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Killing by Oromia special forces in Ambo, West Shewa (25 Mar 2023)
Warkina Beka Galera was taken from his home in Ambo district, West Showa, and shot; summarily executed by Oromia Special Forces ‘in front of casual witnesses’ on 25 March. He was a highly respected family man (reported by local sources to…
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New cross-border Cholera outbreak kills five in Moyale town, vicinity areas
A new cholera outbreak since the last two weeks has so far claimed the lives of five people in Moyale town, in the Ethio-Kenyan border. Borena Zone, Moyale town Health Office Head, Boru Huka confirmed to Addis Standard the death of the…
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Killing by government forces in Adama, East Shewa (24 Mar 2023)
On 24 March 2023, Dhugo Nura Bariso, was publicly executed in Bole town, Bosat district, East Showa, according to an OSG researcher based in Maryland, USA. He had bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Adama University and had returned home…
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Konso Zone in need of urgent assistance as drought devastates thousands
Solomon Soka, member of the House of Representatives for Konso Nation and director general of Information Network Security Administration (INSA), requested urgent attention to the people of Konso who are exposed to severe damage due to…
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Killing by government forces in Gudeya Bila, East Wollega (20 Mar 2023)
On March 20 2023, five prisoners were taken from prison in Bilo Jire, Gudaya Bila district, East Wallega, where they had been detained for over one month, and summarily executed. Their bodies were thrown into farmland ditches. OSG’s…
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Killing in Guliso, West Wollega (Mar 2023)
In late March or early April, the 18 year-old son of high school teacher Tesfaye Boru, was killed while sitting under a coffee tree at his home in Warra Dale village, Guliso district, W Wallega. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 63…
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Killing by government forces in Guliso, West Wollega (Mar 2023)
It was reported that in late March/early April, Merga Badhasa, a wealthy businessman in his mid-fifties, was shot dead by ENDF on the threshold of his home in Chalia Eka, Guliso district, West Wallega. He owned shops, a restaurant and a…
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Security forces beat and shoot people protesting home demolitions in Sheger City
In March 2023, Oromia authorities demolished homes and businesses in the new Sheger City near Addis Ababa, leaving scores homeless; security forces reportedly beat and shot people who protested. Source: Human Rights Watch, "World Report…
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OPA says people in Borana zone dying of hunger, treatable conditions as health impact of prolonged drought gets severe
The Oromia Physicians’ Association (OPA ), a non-governmental professional association, said the prolonged drought in Borana zone of Oromia regional state in Southwestern Ethiopia has apparently brought the most drastic impact on the…
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Displacement in Borena (8 Mar 2023)
On 8 March, Addis Standard quoted from a statement by the Oromo Physicians Association that in Borana zone people were dying increasingly from treatable and preventable conditions – hunger, dehydration, measles and water-borne diseases.…
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Detention by police in Burayu, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (7 Mar 2023)
As this report went to press, OSG was informed that illegally detained OLF leaders (see Press Release 7 March 2023) were taken to an unknown place from Burayu Police Station on 19 April. Friends and relatives do not know where they have…
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Mass house demolitions and forced evictions by Sheger City administration
Following complaints, EHRC monitored house demolitions and forced evictions by the newly formed Sheger City administration from 6 March 2023. Homes were demolished, including some with title documents and court injunctions, without…
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Four high-ranking officials of opposition OLF including CC member Kennasa Ayana critically ill inside prison, denied treatment
Kennasa Ayana, member of the central committee of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and three other senior officials of the party have been critically ill and denied urgent treatment, spokesperson of OLF Lemmi Gemechu told Addis…
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Killing by government forces in Deder, East Hararghe (Feb 2023)
Mohammed Aliyi, late 50s, wealthy businessman and store-owner, Deder, E Hararge, was taken by soldiers to a former OLF training camp at Dingahi Qulule and shot dead in February 1993 (father of Siraj, I.14). Source: Oromia Support Group,…
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Killing by government forces in Begi, West Wollega (15 Feb 2023)
OLLAA reported on 15 February that the following were killed by pro-government forces: 5 January at Ya’a Marsa, Begi district, West Wallega: Jibiri Jamal Abdalla Jamal Mamad Zeen Abdalla Hasan Kalif Adam Xeybu Adfam Mamad Kadir Jafar…
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8 people killed by government forces in East Wollega (15 Feb 2023)
On 15 February, Addis Standard carried a report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) claiming that 50 IDPs were killed by OLA forces in Anno town, Gobu Seyu district, East Wollega, between 2 and 4 February. OLA spokesman Oda…
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Killing in Borena (Feb 2023)
In Eastern and Southern Ethiopia, more than 4.5 million cattle and nearly 7 million sheep have died since late 2021. In March, 11 million people were food insecure. Cholera was present in Bale and Guji zones and in Somali Region.…
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Killing by Fano in Nekemte, East Wollega (13 Feb 2023)
According to Addis Standard 13 February 2023 the two attacks by Fano militia on villages in Kiramu district on 25 and 29 November left ‘dozens dead’ and caused the displacement of the ‘entire residents of the district’. Unknown numbers of…
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Security forces kill and arrest protesters in Shashemene during Orthodox church split
In February 2023, government security forces responded to unrest over a split in the Ethiopian Orthodox church with killings and arrests as protesters gathered in Shashemene. Source: Human Rights Watch, "World Report 2024: Ethiopia",…
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Killing by government forces in Chiro, West Hararghe (3 Feb 2023)
The OLLA report on extra-judicial killings in February included the killing by government security forces of Ibrahim Hassen in Chafe Suki, Chiro, West Hararge, on 3 February. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62 (2023-04-24), p.23.…
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Eight young men killed by security forces in Ano after being detained on suspicion of collaborating with OLA
After the army retook Ano town on 2 February 2023, it detained eight young men on suspicion of collaborating with "Shene"; EHRC confirmed they were then killed by security forces. Source: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission statement…
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At least 50 people, mostly displaced persons, killed in OLA attack on Ano town
On 2 February 2023, large numbers of armed men in military uniform, identified by residents as OLA, entered Ano town from three directions and killed at least 50 people, including 42 internally displaced people and residents seen as…
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Gunmen kill Chinese national in Oromia, Embassy advises travel caution
A Chinese citizen was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in the Gerba Guracha town, in North Shewa Zone of Oromia region. Media reports attributed a statement from the Chinese Embassy in Addis Abeba that nine Chinese nationals were…
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Kidnapped workers of Dangote Cement released after paying ransom
About 20 workers of Dangote cement factory who were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen were released on Monday 30 January after paying a ransom ranging from 50, 000 to 100, 000 birr each “on their own”, a source close to the matter told…
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Unidentified gunmen kidnap 20 workers of Dangote cement factory in West Shewa, Oromia region, again
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped 20 workers of Dangote Cement Factory , located in Adea Berga district in West Shewa Zone of Oromia region, a staff member of the company with the knowledge to the matter told Addis Standard . According…
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Homes / property burned or looted by government militia in Kuyu, North Shewa (24 Jan 2023)
A hall used by elders to celebrate the traditional Oromo monotheist Waqefata religion in Garba Guracha, a town in Kuyu district, North Showa, was burned down on 24 January 2023 by ‘government and local militia’. Photographs of the…