“We are given no choice but to flee, no chance to live”: Between July 26th and September 20th, 2021, at least 204 ethnic Amhara civilians were massacred in Horo Guduru Wellega and East Wollega Zones in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.

AAA has verified from survivors and eyewitnesses on the ground that large scale massacre on civilians has been committed by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) occupying forces in Kobo town (located in the Raya Kobo Woreda [district]), the second most populous town in North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, and its surroundings.

The Amhara Association of America (AAA) is dismayed to find that at least 287 Amharas were killed and over 363 others were wounded in two major attacks by the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in the Semien (North) Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region in the months of
March and April of 2021.

The latest investigation from AAA reveals that at least 25 civilians including 3 children were killed by TPLF militias in four Kebeles (wards/precincts) of Were Babu Woreda (district), Debub (South) Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

In late June 2021, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) rebel forces began attacking and invading Ethiopia’s Amhara Region beyond its prewar status. It forcefully seized control of areas of Amhara Region including areas of the Wag Hemra Zone from August 15th to September 3rd and South Gondar Zone from August 11th to 20th