All documented incidents
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Every published incident, newest first. Open one to read the full record.
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Sexual violence by government forces in Illu Aba Bor (18 Apr 2026)
ONM reported that two young girls were raped and killed by ENDF soldiers in the Usoo area of Algee Sacchi district of Illubabor on 18 April. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 73 (2026-06-12), p.53.…
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Residents of Ambo recount a city ‘under siege’ by ‘criminal gangs’ after social media revelations expose disturbing abuses
Residents of Ambo city, in west Shewa zone of Oromia regional state, say they are “living in fear” amid “a pattern of violence, intimidation, and impunity.” Many are speaking up following a wave of social media posts over the past two…
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Displacement by government forces in Kellem Wollega (16 Apr 2026)
Pleading unfitness for training does not help. When resident of Qellem town, Musilim Solomon, was taken on 16 April, his wife begged soldiers to release him because he was ill. In response, they beat her so severely that she was admitted…
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Sexual violence by government forces in West Wollega (16 Apr 2026)
Two young women were taken from their homes in Haru district, West Wallega, on 16 April, bundled into a military vehicle and gang raped by 11 soldiers in Gaddii forest for seven hours before being detained in Haru military camp (ONM).…
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Detention by government militia in Bako, West Shewa (16 Apr 2026)
ONM reported on 16 April that government authorities in Bako Tibe town were planning to detain more women because their husbands had been deserting from militia training in large numbers. Three days later they reported that mass arrests…
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Killing by government forces in North Shewa (16 Apr 2026)
Next day, 16 April, ONM reported that young men and women from Dirre Bantu in Hidhabu Abootee district had also been held and mistreated for four months or more in the district police station, including young girls Daasii Taaddasaa and…
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Torture / ill-treatment in Dukem, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (16 Apr 2026)
Jawar Mohammed posted a video on Facebook on 16 April, which shows members of the security forces beating a young man. The incident occurred in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant in Dukem, a town in the … Source: Oromia Support Group,…
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Torture / ill-treatment by government militia in Bedele, Buno Bedele (Apr 2026)
Biranu, a member of the local government militia in Cooraa Kanaaboo, Dabo district, Buno Bedele zone, was taken to the district police station, where he was allegedly tortured, in April because his son was accused of belonging to OLA and…
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Abduction / extortion / forced conscription by government forces in East Wollega (15 Apr 2026)
The extortion of money under the premise of improving the water supply in Galila town in Limmu district of East Wallega was used by party officials to enrich themselves. ONM reported on 15 April that the water there was still unfit to…
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Detention by police in Guduru, Horo Guduru Wollega (15 Apr 2026)
On 15 April, ONM reported that residents of Reef Guddanne kebele, Coomman Guduru district, Horo Guduru, had been detained and mistreated in the district Police Station in Gabate town for over two weeks, including Abdiisaa Abbasuu,…
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Abduction / extortion / forced conscription by government militia in East Hararghe (Apr 2026)
More exorbitant demands included 3,000 birr from each of the residents of Bokkoo Jaalalaa in Malkaa Bal’oo district, East Hararge, for ‘slaughtering an ox to feed militia in training’ at the beginning of April. The extortion later of…
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Torture / ill-treatment by government militia in West Hararghe (15 Apr 2026)
Government cadres throughout the three zones have been ordering civilians to support the Prosperity Party and to take up arms against OLA. In line with this, many of the incidents of coercion and looting have been under the guise of…
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Killing by government forces in Fentale, East Shewa (15 Apr 2026)
ONM reported on 15 April that at least one Oromo pastoralist, father of two Jiloo Nagaroo, and possibly four others were killed by Argoba people who crossed into Fantale district on 11 April. The Argoba were armed and fired on unarmed…
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Detention by police in West Shewa (Apr 2026)
Among many detained in early April in Agalgobboo Basaallee village, Liban Jawi district, was Faanos Zanaba, together with her one year old baby, ‘because her husband is hiding in the forest.’ Daggafaa Dajanuu, from the same village, was…
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Detention by police in North Shewa (15 Apr 2026)
Many young men and women from the village of Dubbannaa Hagaloo, Kuyyu district, were detained at Kuyyu district police station and were reportedly mistreated for four months before their detention was reported by ONM on 15 April. Among…
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Torture / ill-treatment in Burayu, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (Apr 2026)
A man was reported in April to have been beaten in Burayu prison by ‘Commander Bayisa.’ His name has not been published. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 73 (2026-06-12), p.19.…
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Detention by government forces in Mana Sibu, West Wollega (14 Apr 2026)
An unnamed Oromo member of the ENDF in the military camp in Mandi town (kebele 01), Mana Sibu district, West Wallega, had been repeatedly imprisoned within the camp for protesting about the treatment of Oromo civilians before taking his…
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Killing in Nole Kaba, West Wollega (14 Apr 2026)
Shuma Umeta, a respected teacher in Nole Kaba district, West Wallega, was shot dead while walking to his school one early morning on or just before 14 April. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 73 (2026-06-12), p.53.…
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Disappearance by government forces in Sasiga, East Wollega (14 Apr 2026)
Three high-achieving students, including Aneesso Mohammed and Suuni Abdalla, were abducted by security forces from their village of Baloo Bareeda in Sasiga district, East Wallega on 14 April. Enquiries by their families at the district…
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Homes / property burned or looted by government forces in West Arsi (13 Apr 2026)
All the grain stored by Caalaa Dabaluu in Basaqu Ilalaa village, Negele Arsi district, West Arsi, was looted by government soldiers on 13 April. His whole stock of 22 sacks was stolen, leaving him unable to feed this family (ONM). Source:…
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Abduction / extortion / forced conscription by government forces in Guto Gida, East Wollega (11 Apr 2026)
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…
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Killing by government forces in South West Shewa (11 Apr 2026)
It was reported on 11 April that Biraanuu Bayessa, a young farmer in Awash Bune village, Bacho district, who had no relationship to OLA, was nonetheless killed by ENDF. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 73 (2026-06-12), p.26.…
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8 people beaten or tortured by government militia in Oda Bultum, West Hararghe (10 Apr 2026)
The worst injustices included the violent acquisition of land from farmers so it could be handed over to private investors. ONM reported on 10 April that more than eight farmers were shot at and severely beaten in Roorettii, Oda Bultum…
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Torture / ill-treatment in Dugda, East Shewa (10 Apr 2026)
On 10 April, it was reported that farmers in Dugda district were forbidden from growing maize on the pretext that OLA fighters use the crop as cover for ambushes. Complaints against this order were met with beatings and detention (ONM).…
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Detention by police in West Arsi (9 Apr 2026)
ONM wrote on 9 April that a father and son from Awash city, Shashemane district, West Arsi, named Daraaroo Guyyee and Boonsaa Guyyee, had been detained in the city police office and subjected to torture for over two years because they…
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Detention by government militia in East Bale (9 Apr 2026)
The largest reported financial burden was reported from the Laga Hidha district of East Bale, where the deputy administrator of Beltu town, named Sultan by ONM, has already enriched himself by looting large sums of money from farmers. On…
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Abduction / extortion / forced conscription by government militia in Girar Jarso, North Shewa (9 Apr 2026)
Coercion to obtain ID cards In districts of North Showa, including Garba Gurracha, Girar Jarso, Hidhabuu Abootee, Dagaam, Warra Jarso and Darra, Prosperity Party cadres and militias were reported on 9 April to have been threatening…
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Torture / ill-treatment in West Hararghe (8 Apr 2026)
In Koortuu, Biyyoo Awwaallee in the Dire Dawa city administration, East Hararge, residents who were unable to pay 1,000 birr ‘to build a kebele office’ and then 1,700 birr for ‘health insurance’ at the beginning of March, were beaten and…
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Detention by government forces in South West Shewa (8 Apr 2026)
They were all farmers who were falsely accused of having links to OLA in order to extort money from their families. They were released on 8 April after payments of up to 100,000 birr were made for each of them. Their families were forced…
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Killing by Oromia special forces in Sululta, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (8 Apr 2026)
Moke Tsega, a resident of Darba village, Sululta, in the north of Oromia Special Zone around Finfinnee (named Keteri city) was kidnapped by forces reportedly related to the government Prosperity Party and held hostage for 1 million birr.…
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Sexual violence by government forces in Borena (7 Apr 2026)
Many women in Borana zone, including the mothers of young children, are being detained and raped by members of the police and army. The women are accused of being the wives of OLA fighters. Understandably, they are reluctant to report the…
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Homes / property burned or looted by government forces in West Arsi (7 Apr 2026)
ONM wrote on 7 April that more homes were being demolished in the name of development in the towns of Shashemane and Kuyyaraa in West Arsi and that the resulting homeless residents had not been offered alternative accommodation or…
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Detention by police in East Wollega (7 Apr 2026)
Maammushee Ahimad Taha, father of five from Digga town, Digga district, East Wallega, was chased and ‘shot like an animal’ when travelling to a nearby village on 7 April. Despite his injuries he was detained without any medical attention.…
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Killing by government militia in Doba, West Hararghe (7 Apr 2026)
Ibrahim Muusa Wadaayi was killed by Somali Region militia during an attack on Misira Cifraa in Doba district, West Hararge, on 7 April (ONM). Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 73 (2026-06-12), p.35.…
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Killing in East Shewa (7 Apr 2026)
On 7 April, drone strikes hit the community in Dagla Galaa, in a locality named Jiddaa, in Liban Cuqqaalaa district at about 3.40 pm and again at around 7.00 pm. The villages of Gora Lama and Doyo Lama were named in one report. At least…
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Disappearance by government forces in North Shewa (6 Apr 2026)
Abbabaa Goshuu, a farmer from Dabalaa Boqqolloo, Hidhabuu Abootee district, was taken by government forces to an unknown location one week before his disappearance was reported by ONM on 6 April. He was taken at night and accused of…
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Killing by government forces in Aira, West Wollega (5 Apr 2026)
ONM reported that a young man named Indiris Abdata from Lalisa Birbir village was held and mistreated in the district police station in Aira, West Wallega, for six months before being handed over by the police to federal soldiers who then…
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Homes / property burned or looted by government forces in Guto Gida, East Wollega (5 Apr 2026)
In retaliation for OLA activity in the area, crops in the Luboo Association fields in Gaari, Guto Gida district, East Wallega, and a church fence belonging to the Mekane Yesus Luboo congregation were destroyed on 5 April. Government…
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Abduction / extortion / forced conscription in Oda Bultum, West Hararghe (5 Apr 2026)
ONM wrote on 5 April that in Burqaa Galamsoo, Oda Bultum district, West Hararge, residents were forced to pay 500 birr each for ‘digital ID cards’ in common with ‘many parts of Oromia.’ On 15 April, ONM reported that 600 birr was being…
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Detention in West Hararghe (5 Apr 2026)
More detentions en masse in the same towns in Bale were reported by ONM on 5 April, because they were ‘families of OLA fighters.’ These were associated with extensive looting of property and livestock. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG…
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Abduction / extortion / forced conscription in Darimu, Illu Aba Bor (4 Apr 2026)
Eight girls were reported by ONM to have been abducted at gunpoint from Guutee village, Darimu district, Illubabor on 4 April. Their relatives were unable to locate them in the five days before the ONM report on 9 April. They were named:…
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Detention in Bako, West Shewa (4 Apr 2026)
Many from rural villages in Jibaat district had been detained for over one month before ONM reported their detention on 4 April. Over 150 were reported by ONM on 5 April to have been detained for a prolonged period in Bako town, Bako Tibe…
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Killing by government forces in Jeldu, West Shewa (4 Apr 2026)
Baqqalaa Dhaabaa Badhiyee, an 80 year old Saba Oromo farmer and father of eight in Osolee village, Jaldu district, was murdered by government soldiers at his farm in the early morning of 4 April (ONM). His family were prevented from…
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Homes / property burned or looted in Sayo, Kellem Wollega (3 Apr 2026)
One example of intimidation combined with looting and extortion was the attack by security forces on Tariku Abdissa in Botoso village, Sayo district, Qellem Wallega, in the early hours of 3 April. He and his family were severely beaten…
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Detention by police in Horo Guduru Wollega (3 Apr 2026)
Similarly, Nagaasaa Dhugaasaa, Darajjee Olumaa and Habtaamuu Tasammaa had been held in Finca’a 02 kebele Police Station, Abay Coma district, Horo Guduru, for four months before the ONM report on 3 April ‘without a single question.’ They…
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Torture / ill-treatment by government forces in East Hararghe (3 Apr 2026)
On 3 April, there was blatant robbery by government forces in Tokkummaa Jaalalaa village, Malkaa Bal’oo district, East Hararge, when 6,700 birr and sacks of grain were taken from villagers. Four were beaten and detained for failing to…
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Detention by police in Sinana, Bale (3 Apr 2026)
ONM wrote on 3 April that 170 had been detained in Bale, in the cities and towns of Robe, Gasara, Sinana, Agarfa, Dinsho, Beletu and ‘many others.’ They were taken to police stations in the previous week and had been mistreated. Many had…
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Killing by government militia in East Shewa (3 Apr 2026)
ONM reported that on 3 April, Zawudee Badhaasaa, also a government militia member, was killed at night in Incinni town, Ada’a Barga district, and his AKM rifle taken by unidentified assailants. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 73…
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Killing in Bule Hora, West Guji (3 Apr 2026)
ONM reported on 3 April that Addis Ababa University teacher Mokonnaa Badhuu Siidaa, known as ‘Bayisa’, was murdered at his home in the Maryam district of the Bole Bulbula area of Finfinnee on 31 March. He was a well-known Oromo…
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Killing by government forces in Kuyu, North Shewa (2 Apr 2026)
ONM reported the killing by ENDF of a young man, who was not named. He was killed in Gerba Guracha town, Kuyu district, on 2 April. ONM wrote that the unnamed young man was executed after being taken from prison, accused of having an…