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‘Executions, torture, abductions, rape': Ethiopia’s hidden conflict
Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) fighters attend an orientation session in western Oromia, Ethiopia, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo)
By AMIR AMAN KIYARO
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February 2, 2026
Wanted by the Ethiopian government, rebel military leader Jaal Marroo moves constantly to stay ahead of drones hunting him from the skies.
The rebel commander leads the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) from a series of remote forest outpost in Oromia, the country’s biggest region with a population of roughly 40 million people.
The government has designated the former student as a terrorist, accusing the OLA of massacring civilians in ethnically motivated attacks. But in a rare interview from one of his hideouts, Marroo rejected accusations that his fighters target civilians.
he told The Associated Press.Our war is not against the people,
He added:It is against the brutal regime that has occupied and oppressed the nation for generations.
‘Almost impossible to travel’We are fighting to correct a system that treats the Oromo as subjects, rather than citizens. Our goal is to establish a democratic, inclusive political order based on the will of the people.
The OLA has been battling Ethiopia’s government https://apnews.com/article/africa-kenya ... f3ffcf4684 since 2018, even if at times the rebellion was overshadowed by the country’s other conflicts, such as the 2020-2022 war in the northern Tigray region. https://apnews.com/article/africa-only- ... d1d0041ae8
United Nations investigators have accused the OLA of serious abuses, including killings, rapes and kidnappings.
But human rights monitors, who have also documented violations by government forces, say indiscriminate drone strikes, https://apnews.com/article/africa-kenya ... 68b652a45f extrajudicial killings and disappearances have become a hallmark of their counterinsurgency campaign.
said Sarah Kimani, a regional spokesperson for Amnesty International, which will publish a report in March into human rights abuses in the region.The research that we conducted puts both the OLA and the government forces in the middle of the conflict in terms of summary executions, in terms of torture, in terms of abductions, in terms of rape of women,
she told the AP.Our report is able to point to both groups having been responsible for the atrocities that are being carried out in the Oromia region and that continue to be carried out against civilians in the region,
Ayantu Bulcha was at home in the capital, Addis Ababa, https://apnews.com/hub/addis-ababa when she heard that soldiers had come to her family’s house in Oromia in early December. Her cousin was shot outside the property, she said. Then the soldiers took her father and her uncle to a nearby field, where they were also killed, she said. They had been accused of fighting alongside the OLA.
said Bulcha, who is a member of an Ethiopian opposition party.There have been threats against my family since the killing, and even before that,
She denies allegations that her relatives belonged to the rebels.
Lensa Hordofa, a civil servant from Oromia’s Shewa region, said her family faces constant harassment and extortion from armed men. This includes demands for food and other supplies. Her uncle was recently detained and only released after paying a ransom of 100,000 Ethiopian birr ($650).
she said.Movement from place to place has become increasingly restricted,
Bulcha said she was too scared to return home, fearing retaliation by government forces.It’s almost impossible to travel.
she said.My frail mother is left alone in an empty house, grieving. I can’t even go there to grieve with her,
Attacks on hospitals and clinicsI am afraid for my own safety.
Ethiopia https://apnews.com/hub/ethiopia restricts access to Oromia for journalists and rights groups, meaning the conflict is largely hidden.
said Getu Saketa Roro, co-founder of Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa. .Unfortunately, the human rights situation — as well as the overall humanitarian crisis in Oromia — is underreported,
Regional and federal government representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
In January 2025, the U.N. reported that 3.2 million children were not in school because of the fighting. In the Wollega district, https://apnews.com/article/africa-race- ... cdc8511c6d where Bulcha’s family lives, aid groups struggle to distribute supplies, contributing to high malnutrition.
Hospitals and clinics have also come under attack. In 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross reported that “nearly all” the 42 health posts in Oromia’s Begi district had been looted or damaged.
Tulu Getachew, a coffee farmer from Wollega, has been unable to return home for three years due to the security situation. He hired workers to collect his beans, but the harvest was stolen by armed men.
he said.One party hurts you because they say you belong to the other,
Although Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed https://apnews.com/hub/abiy-ahmed is from Oromia — and the Oromo make up roughly 35% of Ethiopia’s population — many Oromo say that they are still marginalized in Ethiopia’s federal system, which grants resources and self-governance rights based on ethnicity.You suffer because they say your family member is affiliated with the government or OLA.
‘Oromia is very insecure’
Recent government offensives have eroded the OLA’s military capabilities, analysts say. At the end of 2024 the authorities convinced one of the group’s main commanders to defect, further degrading its capabilities.
The government claims hundreds of thousands of displaced people have been able to return home. But the conflict continues to destabilise the region, with civilians caught in the middle of the violence.
Members of the Amhara ethnicity, https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/best ... ra-region/ Ethiopia’s second-biggest group, have been targeted for attacks, according to rights monitors. Meanwhile insurgents from the region of Amhara have also carried out attacks in Oromia.
Armed banditry is also prevalent, and kidnapping has become a particular issue. It is not always clear who is responsible for the abductions.
said Magnus Taylor, Horn of Africa director at the International Crisis Group.Oromia is very insecure, not simply because of the OLA but because of other groups operating as criminal enterprises, engaging in extortion, kidnapping and robberies,
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