May 2023 Oromia clashes

May 2023 Oromia clashes
Part of OLA insurgency
Date28 May 2023
Location
West Shewa Zone, East Shewa Zone, and Horu Goduru Wollega Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
ENDF
Oromia police
Kebele militias		 Oromo Liberation Army
Units involved
Unknown Badho Dachas Brigade
Magarsa Bari Brigade
Bakalcha Bari Brigade
Obomboletti Brigade
Casualties and losses
681 killed (per OLA)
486 injured
115 captured		 6+ killed
9+ civilians killed
2+ injured

Following the failure of peace talks on 3 May 2023, troops from the Ethiopian National Defense Force and the allied Oromia State police forces and Amhara Fano militants launched an offensive against the Oromo Liberation Army in several woredas of Oromia. The OLA claimed to have killed over 680 Ethiopian troops in the offensive.

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