@addisstandardeng · Post #21683 · 03/11/2026, 05:02 PM
#Ethiopia: Residents say over 80 houses burned in attack by government security forces in #Metekel Zone Residents told Addis Standard that regional special police and district militias have forcibly displaced residents from several kebeles in #Dibate District, #Metekel Zone of the #Benishangul-Gumuz Region, and burned their homes and property. A resident of Chati Kebele in Dibate District, who requested anonymity for security reasons, said that about a month ago government officials issued an order stating that residents must vacate the area because authorities wanted to “take action against the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA),” which the government refers to as “Shene.” The resident further alleged that about a month after the displacement, Gumuz Special Police and militias from the Bole area of Bulla District conducted what they described as a “search operation.” Another displaced resident from the #Chokorsa area of #Gipo Kebele, a father of six, said it…….. Read more: https://addisstandard.com/?p=55751