Dacawalay conflict
| Da'awalay Conflict | |||||||
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| Part of Ethiopian civil conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Local Isaaq militia Supported by: Somaliland |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Mustafa Mohammed Omar | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Armed residents | Liyu Police units | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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200-240 civilians killed Many wounded | 20 killed | ||||||
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Several abductions of elders Thousands displaced, international organizations reaction. | |||||||
Da'awalay Conflict (also spelled Dacawalay or Da'awaley) was a conflict, mass killing and village-level assault that took place on and around 25 December 2024 in the town of Da'awaley in the Harshin district Ethiopia. The attack, widely reported as carried out by Somali Regional state security units commonly known as the Liyu Police together with allied Somali militias, targeted members of the Isaaq clan and local nomadic communities. Multiple local, regional and diaspora sources reported large numbers of civilian deaths, abductions of elders sent as mediators, the burning of villages, and the displacement of thousands of people.