2018
| Start Date | Sunday, July 22, 2018 |
| End Date | Tuesday, July 24, 2018 |
| Zone | Bale |
| Woreda | Goba |
| Incident Type | Property damage, assults and killings |
| Incident | 5 believers killed in Goba, three shops looted. Homes were selectively attacked. Christian properties were burnt. Some Christians have been forced to converted their religion. There are also many unaccounted deaths in other Woredas (Kokosa and Sinana). In addition witnesses reported, militias alleging to be OLF attacked selected Christian households and properties and were aided by local special forces (Witness report is separate from that EOTC provided). Note: DW reported more than 10 deaths for the same incident, while EOTC, only 5. |
| Deaths | >10 |
| Source | https://www.dw.com/am/የባሌ-ዞን-ግጭት-ረግቧል-ተባለ/a-44797252 |
| https://twitter.com/Ethiopialiveupd/status/1020412635974709248 | |
| Eyewitness Testimonies | Tension mounted after groups/mobs wanted to demolish a roundabout and erect a statue for Haji Adem Sado. This escalated the tension between Orthodox and Muslim inhabitants. Meanwhile there were rumors of plans to burn churches so several people organised and started guarding churches. It was at this moment that mobs started attacking selected Amhara/Christian households in the city. Stones were thrown, sometimes fire was thrown at houses. For fear of being burned alive, families had a person stay outside in the middle of the stone storm. In case of fire, this person would alarm those inside so they can escape in time. The person I got this account from was hit by stones on several parts of her body. sadly, all the men of this household were guarding churches when the attacks happened and women were stuck with children alone. A very stressful traumatic experience. Asked why they don’t sell their property and leave, the answer I get repeatedly is ” there is a consensus that people should not buy property from us”. This has devalued the actual price of christian properties making it systematically difficult and unprofitable for people to find a better life elsewhere. last note: the mayor Zeinaba Taha is alleged to play a big part in orchestrating the attacks, along with the alleged collaboration of the local special force. |
| Related Incidents | This incident has been reported by several news outlets. BBC, DW, Ethiopia Live Updates, Sheger, Addis Standard to list a few. Etihiopia live Updates claimed BBC’s report to be one sided. Abiy Ahmed left to the UAE for a tripartite summit compromising Ethiopia, Eritrea and the UAE |
2019
| Start Date | October 23,2019 |
| End Date | October 25,2019 |
| Zone | Bale |
| Woreda | Robe Town |
| Incident Type | Property damage, assults and killings |
| Description | Bale, in two days nine people were buried while two bodies had been sent to families elsewhere. (source AHRE, link included). |
| Deaths | >9 |
| Related political incident | A nationwide series of violent protests, concentrated in the Oromia Region, broke out in Ethiopia starting on 23 October 2019, sparked by activist and media owner Jawar Mohammed’s allegation that security forces had attempted to detain him. According to official reports, 86 people were killed, mostly by mobs targeting ethnic and religious minorities within the region and surrounding areas, including Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, and the Harari Region. |
| Source A | https://ahrethio.org/2019/10/27/ahre-in-utmost-terms-alerts-the-international-community-about-the-looming-threat-of-civil-war-in-ethiopia/ |
| Source B | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2019_Ethiopian_clashes |
| Source C | https://www.dw.com/am/በዶዶላ-የ14-ሰዎች-ቀብር-መፈጸሙን-ነዋሪዎች-ተናገሩ/a-51001567 |
| Property Damage | Belay (shaya) shufer (buried at Gebre kiristos) Mebratu (buried Gabriel) 5 Muslim casualties buried at qera cemetery More casualties are buried elsewhere in smaller towns (Hamidasole (1),Sanbitu (2), Hora Boqa (4), Shaya, around Robe, Aba Kera (1), in a cementary above Catholic (2) ) Damtew (Gasera) bajaj shufere was tebaki of a bank. He recently bought his own bajaj Burner hotels: Metaferia deneke hotel Zerfe Girmay hotel Yehualashet Hotel Yante hotel Meskel hotel Elshadai hotel Kidus Michael hotel Harar hotel Kassahun shimelis hotel Dashen hotel Burato hotel Welmel cafe Abadama pension Hibret bank El classico bar Misrak hotel Tigist shambel grocery Muna zewde’s house Children playground (Donsa I’m front of Mariam church). around this area a bus was burned And mayor and police were watching as this was happening! |