2022 North Shewa clashes

The 2022 North Shewa clashes were a series of clashes that broke out between ethnic Amhara Fano militiamen, the Oromo Liberation Army, and the Ethiopian National Defence Forces in the North Shewa zone in the Oromia region and the Oromia Zone in the Amhara region, which resulted in dozens of people killed and thousands displaced.

[8] Amhara regional authorities and rights groups claimed that the Minjar Shenkora ambush occurred after OLA militants shot and killed an Ethiopian police officer.

[12] While both sides traded blame for who initiated the attacks, fighting occurred in the villages of Wesen Kurkur, Mute Facha, and Tikure Wadawo in Jilye Tumuga district of the Oromia Zone.

[13] The village of Molele in Zembo kebele suffered the worst damage, and during operations by the Ethiopian Army (ENDF) to suppress the clashes and restore control over the road leading to Addis Ababa, three Amhara Special Forces soldiers were killed.

[11] On 18 April, fighting broke out near Shewa Robit and Wesen Kurkur, after Fano militants marched into the town.

[16] Several other civilians were shot, killed, or arrested for being suspected OLA militants by Ethiopian soldiers and Oromia Special Forces.