List of massacres in Ethiopia explained

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Ethiopia (numbers may be approximate):

NameDateLocationdata-sort-type="number"DeathsPerpetratorNotes
Islamgee massacre9 April 1868Islamgee307Soldiers of Tewodros II[1] [2]
Aanolee massacre6 September 1886Hitosa, Oromia11,000Emperor Menelik II's army
Dolo hospital airstrike30 December 1935Dolo22–30 Italian Air Force
Gondrand massacre13 February 1936Mai Lahlà120
Yekatit 1219–21 February 1937Addis Ababa19,200-30,000
Vogra Massacre1937Village of Vogra67[3] [4]
Gaia Zeret massacre9-11 April 1939Ametsegna Washa, Village of Zeret2,500[5] [6]
Arafali Massacre1970Arafali32[7]
Atshoma Massacre1970Atshoma88
Basadare MassacreNovember 1970Basadare112
Ona Massacre1 December 1970Ona625
Elabored Massacre27 January 1971Elabored60
Massacre of the Sixty23 November 1974Addis Ababa60 Derg
Red Terror (Ethiopia)23 September 1976 – 22 March 1978Ethiopia10,000–980,000 Derg
Wukro air raid8 April–3 May 1988Wukro, Tigray176 Derg[8]
Hawzen massacre22 June 1988Hawzen, Tigray2,500 Derg[9]
Sheraro air raid12 December 1988Sheraro, Tigray8[10]
Chercher air raid9 September 1989Chercher, Tigray148
Gobye air raid9–10 September 1989Gobye, Wollo22
Mekelle air raid27–29 October 1989Mekelle, Tigray31
Nefas Mewcha air raid13 January 1990Nefas Mewcha, Gondar23
Isitayoh air raid28 January 1990Isitayoh, Wollo40
Ticha air raid10 June 1990Ticha, Shewa23
Killings of the Koore people1994 to presentAmaro woreda zone
Gedeo; West Guji
Ongoing. 52+ killed; 15+ injured; Hundreds of IDPs from the conflict areas. Civilians homes burned down and livestocks stolenOLF or OLF-shene, militants from various ethnic groups in SNNPR and Oromia regions[11] [12] [13]
Civilians killing in Konso1994 to presentKonsoOngoing. 83+ killed; 57+ injured; 1 million+ displaced; Civilian houses burned downVarious militants from and regions[14] [15] [16]
Didessa massacre29 June 2003Didessa17Soldier Jaafar[17]
Gambela massacreDecember 2003Gambela, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region100ENDF's 43rd Division[18] [19]
Massacre in Addis AbabaJune and November 2005Addis Ababa193 during EPRDF's regime[20]
2012 Gambella bus attack12 March 2012Gambella19Gunmen with machine guns[21]
Burayu massacre14–16 September 2018Addis Ababa and Burayu, Oromia58-65Pro-OLF and "mobs" of Oromo youth, Oromo Liberation Army[22] [23] [24]
Shashemene massacre30 June–2 July 2020Oromia, Addis Ababa, Shashemene, and Jimma240+Organized Oromo youth, Oromo Liberation Army, Ethiopian Federal Police[25] [26]
Humera massacreNovember 2020Humera, Tigray92
Gawa Qanqa massacre2 November 2020Gawa Qanqa, West Welega Zone32-54 Oromo Liberation Army. (Disputed) with Ethiopian Government. Allegation of collaboration. [27] [28]
Mai Kadra massacre9–10 November 20201100+ [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]
2020 Ethiopia bus attackBenishangul-Gumuz34 [34] [35]
Hitsats massacreHitsats refugee camp300
Kombolcha massacreKombolcha, Amhara region100+Tigray forces: TPLF and TDF[36] [37] [38]
Aksum massacre19 November–20 December 2020Aksum720-800
Hagere Selam massacres4–14 December 2020Hagere Selam and Addi Qoylo90
Metekel massacre22–23 December 2020Bikuji, Benishangul-Gumuz142+ [39] [40] [41]
Debre Abbay massacre5–6 January 2021Debre Abbay, Tigray40 Ethiopian National Defence Force
Kola Tembien February 2021 massacresKola Tembien, Tigray182[42] [43] [44]
Abo church massacreEast Welega Zone, Oromia29 to 40+ Oromo Liberation Army[45] [46]
2021 Ataye clashesMarch 18 and April 16, 2021Amhara region584+ OLA, ENDF[47] [48] [49]
Galikoma massacreGulina, Afar region107+Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)[50] [51]
Chenna massacre31 August 2021 to 4 September 2021Dabat, Amhara region120 to 200Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)[52] [53] [54]
Kobo massacreKobo (woreda), Amhara region600+Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)[55] [56]
Ayisid Kebele massacreAyisid Kebele, Metekel Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz11 Oromo Liberation Army[57] [58]
Tole massacreTole village, West Welega Zone, Oromia554+ Oromo Liberation Army[59] [60]
Qelem Wollega massacreKellem, Oromia308+ killed; 36 injured Oromo Liberation Army[61] [62] [63] [64]
Finote Selam drone strike30 ENDF[65] [66]

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