AAA has learned of fresh attacks targeting ethnic Amhara civilians which resulted in at least eight reportedly killed and two others severely injured in the East Wollega (also spelt Welega or Wellega) and Horo Guduru Welega Zones of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia.

AAA learned that from May 3 to 10, 2021, at least eight Amharas were killed and another eight were injured in three separate attacks by suspected militias of the Oromo Liberation Army/Front (OLA/F) in various kebeles of Abe Dongoro (Abedongoro) Woreda (district), Horo Guduru Welega Zone, Oromia Region.

AAA regrets to confirm that at least five Amhara truck drivers, their assistants and one child have been shot dead by militias allegedly of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) on the Gojjam-Addis Ababa highway while heading to Gojjam, Amhara Region.

Investigations undertaken by the AAA in the month of April uncovered at least seven ethnically motivated killings of Amharas in four incidents in West Shewa Zone of Oromia Region during April 2021.

AAA has been able to confirm that suspected Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) militants have killed at least 31 ethnic Amharas in attacks in Jimma Zone of Oromia Region.