According to the Committee, Welkait has been part of Amhara province which was annexed by EPRDF regime in 1991 to Western Tigray Zone.
[1][2] In July 2016, the committee members subjected to imprisonment by EPRDF government for petitioning about Welkait Amhara identity.
The committee sought to question the institutional state of Amhara people as well as preventing anti-Amhara discrimination in the disputed region.
On 19 September, the committee conducted an inaugural conference at the Landmark Hotel in Gondar with approximately 450 Welkait Amhara in attendance.
[4][5][1][6] On 19 April 2018, the Welkait Committee members met with newly elected prime minister Abiy Ahmed in Goha Hotel, Gondar.