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As of June 2022, about 200 Amharas killed in Amhara-majority parts of Oromia. [2] The war began amidst negotiation between OLA and the federal government took place in Tanzania. [1] On 16 September 2024, OLA militants carried out attacks on Amhara civilians in the area of Efratana-Gidim woreda in North Shewa Zone. The militants believed to be ...
While both sides traded blame for who initiated the attacks, fighting occurred in the villages of Wesen Kurkur, Mute Facha, and Tikure Wadawo in Jilye Tumuga district of the Oromia Zone. [2] In North Shewa Zone of the Amhara region, fighting occurred in Zembo, Addis Alem, and Negoso in the Efratana Gidem district and Kewet in Menze Mama Midir ...
The Gida Kiremu massacres refers to a series of attacks between 18 and 20 August 2021 when the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) targeted Amhara civilians in Gida Kiremu, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, killing over 210. The attack on 18 August killed 150 Amhara civilians, and reprisal attacks by Amhara militias killed 60 mostly-Oromo civilians the day after.
The War in Amhara is an armed conflict and insurgency in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia that began in April 2023 between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian government.The conflict started after the government attempted to dissolve the Amhara Special Forces and other regional forces as part of a plan to reform and centralize the country's security apparatus, and integrate them into the federal ...
TPLF leaders are also angry at the displacement of around 100,000 Tigrayans, mostly from Amhara and Oromia regions, during and after the 2015–2018 anti-government protests. Since Abiy's rise to power, trends in Amhara are as troubling as those in Oromia and recent mass unrest occurred when Amhara nationalist militias attempted coup d'état. [24]
On 16 November, the TDF claimed to have taken control of Ataye and Senbete in Oromia Zone in Amhara Region. [5] This area had been the site of clashes between ethnic Oromos and Amharas in the previous months. [13] [14] On 19 November, the rebels were trying to take control of Shewa Robit, [15] and claimed control on 22 November. [16]
Mr Muttitt added that another fight involving two dogs named Dotti and Oscar was planned for the weekend of March 25 and 26, 2022, but it did not go ahead as the dogs were seized by police beforehand.
The clashes started when Amhara special forces shot a person on the steps of the mosque in the town, then quickly spread with Oromo and Amhara militia taking up arms against each other. The clashes spread through the countryside and eventually reached the town of Kemise , where more damage was done.