According to preliminary investigations undertake by the Amhara Association of America (AAA) ethnic Amhara civilians and security personnel in the North Shewa Zone of the Amhara Regional State bore the brunt of yet another round of ethnic-based violence perpetrated by the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), along with Qeerro (ultra-nationalist Oromo youth) and the Oromo Special Zone administration security personnel.

The Amhara Association of America (AAA) has verified that between January 19 and 20, 2023, security personnel in the Bole and Nefas-Silk sub-cities of Addis Ababa city carried out various identity-based abuses against civilians in connection with the Timket (Epiphany) celebration by followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC).

AAA's latest thematic report details victims of the ruling Oromo Prosperity Party's months-long crackdoen against Amhara dissidents.

The latest investigation from the Amhara Association of America (AAA) found that since January 2023, Oromia Special Forces, Oromia Region police, government representatives, and local youth intensified ethnically motivated demolitions of houses belonging to non Oromo residents (and especially ethnic Amhara residents) in the newly established Sheger city administration of the Oromia Regional State (areas demarcated to the Oromia Region which were formerly part of Addis Ababa city by unilateral decision from the ruling Oromo Prosperity Party).

Based on data collected from survivors and families of victims, the Amhara Association of America (AAA) has verified that between December 18th and 26th, 2022, a coalition of Oromia Special Forces (OSF) and Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) militants killed at least 46 Amhara civilians and injured an additional 16 civilians in three separate incidents in Haro town of Kiremu Woreda in East Wollega Zone and the surrounding area (Oromia Region, Ethiopia).