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  2. 2021 Gida Kiremu massacres - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Persecution of Amhara people - Wikipedia

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    The Persecution of Amhara people [8] is the ongoing persecution of the Amhara and Agaw people of Ethiopia.Since the early 1990s, the Amhara people have been subject to ethnic violence, including massacres by Tigrayan, Oromo and Gumuz ethnic groups among others, which some have characterized as a genocide.

  4. Oromo conflict - Wikipedia

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    The Oromo conflict or Oromia conflict is a protracted conflict between the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ethiopian government. [17] [18] The Oromo Liberation Front formed to fight the Ethiopian Empire to liberate the Oromo people and establish an independent state of Oromia.

  5. Anti-Oromo sentiment - Wikipedia

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    Oromo language has been outlawed on judicial, educational and official business institutions. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Notable Oromo resistant figures have been killed by the Selassie's government and then the Derg regime, such as Lieutenant Mamo Mazamir , Haile Mariam Gamada , and General Tadesse Birru . [ 15 ]

  6. Gimbi massacre - Wikipedia

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    On 18 June 2022, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) was accused of massacring over 500 Amhara civilians in the Gimbi county of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Witnesses said that the OLA intentionally targeted ethnic Amhara people. [2] [3] This attack is part of a series of Amhara massacres that occurred in 2022.

  7. Qelem Wollega massacre - Wikipedia

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    On July 4, 2022, alleged Oromo Liberation Army militants killed hundreds of civilians in Kelam Welega Zone, Oromia in Ethiopia. [5] The massacre sparked condemnation from Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed, and was the second mass killing in Oromia region after the Gimbi massacre just a week prior. [6] Qelem is also known as Kellem.

  8. Oromo–Somali clashes - Wikipedia

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    In July 2018, Oromo militias killed 50 Somalis. [24] In September 2018, 58 people were killed in ethnic clashes. Following the clashes on the weekend of 15–16 September protests against ethnic clashes begun in Addis Ababa. [8] In December 2018, 21 Oromo people were killed and 61 were wounded in by Somali militias, heavy artillery was used.

  9. Burayu massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Burayu massacre (Oromo: Ajjeechaa Burraayyuu, Amharic: የቡራዩ ጭፍጨፋ) was a series of communal clashes which occurred in the vicinity of the Ethiopian town of Burayu, in the Oromia Region, on 14–16 September 2018.