All documented incidents
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Every published incident, newest first. Open one to read the full record.
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Detention by police in Sebeta, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (24 Jan 2023)
Gadado reported on 24 January the severe beating and detention of singer Caala Bultume the previous day. He was held with another Oromo singer, Alemayehu Kebede, at Adey Ababa Police Station in Finfinne/Addis Ababa. Source: Oromia Support…
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Detention in East Shewa (18 Jan 2023)
Abarra Hambisa, 62 year-old author, was detained without charge in Dukam, East Showa, on 18 January. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62 (2023-04-24), p.21.…
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Killing in North Shewa (Jan 2023)
Attacks began with drones and heavy artillery and were followed up with ground troops. The informant estimated that the attacks in January killed about 260 in Liban Qachame (N Showa), 180 in Faji Ejerso (W Showa), 45 in Dera (N Showa), 17…
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Police in Kellem Wollega Zone, Oromia detain more than 20 teachers for refusing mandatory salary cut, local authorities deny
Police have detained more than 20 teachers who raised questions over a government scheme that deducts some amount of money from their salaries, in Lalo Qile district of Kellem Wollegga zone, in Western Oromia. The teachers have been…
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OLA fighters break into prison, set hundreds of detainees free in West Guji Zone, Southern Oromia
A government official and residents told Addis Standard that members of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), a rebel group operating against government forces in Oromia region, and often referred to as “Shene” by the government, broke into a…
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Four EHRCO staff investigating forced evictions arrested and disappeared for hours
On 5 January 2023, police arrested and forcibly disappeared for several hours three Ethiopian Human Rights Council staff and their driver, who were investigating forced evictions outside Addis Ababa. An Oromia court released them on bail…
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Oromia’s makeshift prisons where “there are neither rights nor humanity”: testimonies of former prisoners
Disappearance in police custody and remaining behind bars despite acquittal by the court of law became a modus operandi in the Oromia regional state. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission revealed in a report in May, illegal detentions…
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Killing by government forces in Bedeno, East Hararghe (30 Dec 2022)
OLLAA reported on 30 December the killing by government security forces of Mustefa Ayub in Bedeno, East Hararge, on 25 November. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62 (2023-04-24), p.23.…
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Oromia police detain 11 suspects after grenade attack kills one, injures seven in Adama
Adama City police department says one person was killed and seven more people were injured in a grenade attack in a bar in Adama City, in East Shewa Zone of Oromia regional stat on evening of 27 December. A police officer from the city’s…
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Killing by government forces in West Wollega (26 Dec 2022)
Local informants told OSG’s reporter based in Maryland, USA, of the killing by ENDF soldiers of 67 women in Buri, near Gidami, West Wallega on 26 December. After heavy losses in a military engagement with OLA, the ENDF went to Oromo…
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Displacement in Amuru, Horo Guduru Wollega (24 Dec 2022)
On 24 December, OMN reported that 5 schoolteachers were kidnapped in Amuru district, Horo Guduru and that there were ‘huge displacements’ of people. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62 (2023-04-24), p.28.…
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Abba Geda Gobana Hola accuses government security forces of death threat, looting and detaining his son in an overnight raid
Gobana Hola, Abba Geda of the Tulama Oromo, and secretary of the Oromo Gedaa Leaders’ Council, says government security forces broke into his house around midnight last night, threatened to kill him and looted his properties; he also said…
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Amidst growing calls to resolve Oromia conflict peacefully, govt. gears to conduct “organized law enforcement measures”
The Oromia regional state has announced that it is preparing to take an “organized law enforcement measure” against rebel group Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) which it refers to as “Shane” and called on the public to rally with security…
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Security situation “fast deteriorating” particularly in western Oromia as thousands displaced, essential services not functional: UN
A new report by the United Nation’s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says humanitarian delivery to people in need in the Oromia regional state is “fast deteriorating.” In its latest report, the UN stated that…
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Displacement in Horo Guduru Wollega (16 Dec 2022)
Oromo IDPs in Horo Guduru, one of the zones in Wallega, in early December 2022 Addis Standard 16 December reported a ‘fast deteriorating’ situation in Oromia. The ‘crisis is particularly severe in conflict-affected Western Oromia where…
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Displacement in Nekemte, East Wollega (10 Dec 2022)
HRLHA claimed that over 400,000 have fled to the adjacent district of Gida-Ayana where they were described as being in the open air without food or shelter. Road closures and a communication blackout prevented the displaced receiving…
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Killing by Oromia special forces in Nekemte, East Wollega (7 Dec 2022)
Relief Web 7 December 2022 reported the killing by Amhara forces of at least 11 in Kiramu district, East Wallega, on 29 November, including a Kiramu District Court judge. OLLAA wrote that the entire population of 19 villages in Kiramu…
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Killing by Fano in Nekemte, East Wollega (6 Dec 2022)
In a follow-up item on 6 December Addis Standard reported that 350,000 were displaced – the whole population of Kiramu district – following the attacks on 25 and 29 November. OLLAA reported 5 December that Fano and ‘allied forces’…
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Killing in East Shewa (5 Dec 2022)
OLLAA reported 5 December that Amhara militia killed an unknown number of civilians and burned down their homes in Bosat town, East Showa, at the end of November or beginning of December. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62…
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District court judge, dozens of civilians killed, entire residents of a district displaced in attacks blamed on “Fano militants” in East Wollega
Two attacks in the past few days in Kiremu district, East Wollega zone of Oromia region, killed dozens of people, including Damtew Kefyalew Gemeda, Kiremu District Court judge. According to information obtained by Addis Standard from…
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6 people killed by government forces in Nekemte, East Wollega (25 Nov 2022)
Government security forces were complicit in the attacks and remained in Nekemte city. One resident in Nekemte said ‘I lost my 85-year-old father, Abdenna Duressa. Those who could have fled, but my father could not escape. He was shot…
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Killing in West Hararghe (25 Nov 2022)
On 25 November, OLLAA reported the killing on October 25 of: Abdo Mohamed Ali Xayib and Mohamed Aliyi in Qimixa, Mi’esso, West Hararge. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62 (2023-04-24), p.23.…
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Number of people killed by latest Cholera outbreak in Bale, Oromia and Liben, Somali regions spike to 20, over half a million at high risk
UN says 20 people have died and number of reported cases reached 491 as cholera outbreak spread to 41 kebeles of 4 woredas of Bale Zone of Oromia and 2 woredas of Liban zone of Somali region as of 23 November 2022. According to a new…
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Killing in North Shewa (23 Nov 2022)
Girma Yeshitila, head of Amhara Region Prosperity Party, was killed with five others when travelling between Mehal Meda and Debre Berhan, North Showa, in late April 2023. Tsion Tegegn, Revenue Department official, Showa Robit, was killed…
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Homes / property burned or looted by Fano in Horo Guduru Wollega (23 Nov 2022)
Tsegaye Ararsa, intellectual and activist in Australia, tweeted photographs of the wreckage of houses in Horo Guduru, burnt down by Fano ‘23 November’. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62 (2023-04-24), p.27.…
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Killing in Ambo, West Shewa (22 Nov 2022)
Killings in November reported by OLLAA: In Xule, Ambo, West Showa, on 22 November: Ararsa Lama Abushe Qasa Sintayo Nagara Killing in January 2023: Boke Garamu at Qoricha Koticha, Chobi district, West Showa on 12 January Killings in…
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Climate-related shocks “devastate” lives and livelihoods of nearly 17 million pastoralists, agro-pastoralist in Ethiopia
A new report released by the UN climate-related shocks continue to devastate the lives and livelihoods of nearly 17 million pastoralists and agro-pastoralist families in the northeastern, southern and southeastern regions of Ethiopia –…
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Killing by government forces in Nekemte, East Wollega (16 Nov 2022)
Melkamu Gebisa Dawit Fikiru Abiraham Kamiso Addis Standard 16 November wrote that Oromo singer Damiso Mossisa was reported by a member of the Oromia police to have been killed in prison. He was detained in Nekemte in June 2021 and after…
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Killing by government forces in Jardega Jarte, Horo Guduru Wollega (Nov 2022)
In November 2022, civilians who had gathered for shelter and prayer in a Protestant Church in a village close to Alibo, Jardega Jarte, were attacked and a number were killed by an armed irregular group. (One informant was not convinced…
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Sexual violence by government forces in East Wollega (Nov 2022)
One woman, interviewed in 2023 as an IDP in Shambu bus station, described abuses which exemplify Fano’s commitment to demoralise and destroy the spirit of the Oromo people. She wept uncontrollably while telling how she could not relate to…
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Killing by government militia in East Shewa (15 Nov 2022)
Killings in November were reported by OLLAA to have occurred in Ciratti, Bosat district: Roba Nagawo Badhaso Jilo Fantalle Bayana Waqo Boru on 15 November, and Dhadacha (father’s name not known) on 17 November Later, OLLAA reported the…
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Civilians killed following intense fighting between rebel group, government forces in Nekemte, western Oromia region
Residents say civilians have been killed following an intense fighting between fighters of rebel group, Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and the government forces in Nekemte city, the capital of East Wollega zone, Oromia regional state, on…
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Killing by government forces in Shambu, Horo Guduru Wollega (6 Nov 2022)
OLA forces entered Nekemte, the capital city of East Wallega, on 6 November, attacked ENDF forces encamped at the Kumsa Maroda palace/museum and released over 120 political prisoners there and in kebele 05 prison. According to an Addis…
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Outcry over arrest of three Oromia Supreme Court judges after allowing bail to Jawar Mohammed’s security detail
Police in Adama, East Shoa zone of the Oromia Regional State, detained three judges of the Oromia Supreme Court, Eastern Criminal Division, without due process of the law, an informant who is close to the matter but asked to remain…
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Nine priests abducted by militants since last week remain missing in North Shewa, Oromia Region
Nine out of 11 priests abducted by militants last week in an incident that left a deacon killed in Gebre Guracha town, North Shewa zone of Oromia Region, remain missing, while a priest and parish administrator were released after paying…
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100 people killed by government forces in Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (4 Nov 2022)
Military command posts were established in Oromia Region at the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019. The primary operation appears to be to facilitate the destruction of the Qeerroo youth movement, which had brought to an end the rule…
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Cholera outbreak kills nine as cases spike to over 330 in Bale zone Oromia and bordering Somali regions
A new report by the UN said that at least nine people have died following the latest cholera outbreak across five districts in Oromia and Somali regional state, with over 330 cases reported as of 31 October. A new report by UN says 9…
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Killing by government forces in Darimu, Illu Aba Bor (28 Oct 2022)
OLLAA recorded (28 October) the killing by pro-government forces of Talila Girma Badhane, Ture, Dabo Hana, Buna Bedele, Illubabor, 23 September OLLAA reported that the following were killed on 26 December 2022 in Darimu, Illubabor: Baacaa…
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Killing by government forces in West Wollega (28 Oct 2022)
OLLAA recorded (28 October) the killing by pro-government forces of Biqila Benya, Inimayi, Boji Cokorsa, West Wallega, 4 September. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62 (2023-04-24), p.28.…
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Killing in East Wollega (28 Oct 2022)
OLLAA recorded (28 October) the killing by Amhara forces of Iyasu Biqila, Qoqofe, Kiramu district, East Wollega, on 3 September. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62 (2023-04-24), p.24.…
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100 people killed in Chobi, West Shewa (24 Oct 2022)
On 24 October, OLA spokesman Odaa Tarbii, reported that several hundred civilians were killed in six drone strikes in western Oromia in the preceding four days, including over 150 in Meta Wolkite and Chobi districts in West Showa, less…
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At least 30 people killed in an attacks blamed on “Fano militants” in East Wollega zone of Oromia region: local official
Fikadu Hunde, administrator of Kiramu district, told the VOA that at least 30 people were killed in the attack in four villages in Kiremu district, in East Wollega zone of Oromia regional state by armed Fano militants. the attacks took…
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Killing by government forces in West Wollega (19 Oct 2022)
On October 19, 2022, in a small town called Tsige, Sasigga district, West Wollega, Amhara militia, supported by ‘Federal Forces’ killed nine civilians and wounded three others (OLF statement 24 October). Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG…
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Killing in Karrayyu, East Shewa (19 Oct 2022)
Addis Standard 19 October 2022 reported continuing killing and other abuses of Karrayyu Oromo in East Showa after the butchery of 14 and the torturing to death of another Karrayyu Gadaa leader in December 2021 (see OSG Report 59,…
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OFC East Wollega coordinator detained, beaten and chained by security forces, then disappears
An OFC central committee member and East Wollega coordinator was taken from his workplace by government security forces on 18 October 2022 and held at the security office in Nekemte, where he was severely beaten and kept in chains so he…
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Killing by government forces in Karrayyu, East Shewa (15 Oct 2022)
Karrayyu Gadaa leader Boru Roba was shot dead by Oromia Region government forces on 15 October in Fantalle district (Addis Standard). On the same day, his sister and brother and two others were abducted and taken away to a military camp…
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Four people died as Cholera outbreak reported in Bale zone Oromia, Somali region bordering areas
On 27 August 2022, the first cholera case was reported in Harana Buluk woreda of Bale zone, Southern Oromia region of Ethiopia. On 18 September 2022, Berbere woreda became the second woreda reporting cholera cases, soon after followed by…
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Prominent Oromo scholar Alemayehu Diro under police custody for more than ten days, denied right to appear before court
Oromia regional state security forces have placed distinguished Oromo scholar Alemayehu Diro under custody as of 29 September 2022; he has since been denied of the right to appear before court, his wife Lakech Hailu confirmed to Addis…
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Abduction / extortion / forced conscription in Burayu, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (11 Oct 2022)
Addis Standard 11 October reported the abduction of prominent anthropologist and development practitioner, Alemayehu Diro from his home in the Burayu district of the capital on 29 September 2022. He worked for as a program director for…
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Killing by Fano in Amuru, Horo Guduru Wollega (7 Oct 2022)
Five were killed when 300 cattle were taken by a Fano brigade from Amuru district, Horo Guduru, on 7 October (HRLHA). Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62 (2023-04-24), p.25.…