NaMA Accuses Government of Facilitating Structural Ethnic Cleansing in Central Ethiopia

(Nairobi, Kenya) — The National Movement of Amhara (NaMA) on Friday issued a statement accusing local administrative and security structures of facilitating systemic ethnic cleansing, forced demographic engineering, and arbitrary detentions targeting Amhara communities across Abeshige Woreda, Welkite town, and adjacent zones of the Oromia Region.

In a comprehensive political statement detailing identity-based abuses, NaMA alleges that recent military operations in Abeshige Woreda and surrounding areas represent a coordinated campaign to alter demographic compositions and forcibly shift administrative boundaries rather than routine law enforcement operations. Several Ethiopian media outlets reported over the past few days on an orchestrated attack on ethnic communities, particularly Amharas in the Abshenge district.