In the long and troubled history of Ethiopia's ethnic federalism, the National Movement of Amhara has raised one of its most serious accusations yet — alleging that local authorities in Central Ethiopia and the Oromia Region are not enforcing law but remaking the land itself, displacing Amhara communities through disarmament, mass detention, and the redistribution of ancestral territory. The charges, released on a Friday in September 2026, describe a campaign unfolding in stages across Abeshige Woreda, Welkite, and surrounding zones — a pattern NaMA interprets not as coincidence but as coordin
NaMA Accuses Ethiopia of Systematic Ethnic Cleansing in Central Regions
Over 1,000 Amhara residents arbitrarily detained without due process; communities forcibly disarmed and displaced from ancestral lands; alleged civilian massacres across border areas.