ONM-ABO, 27 June 2026
A respected agrarian community leader has been brutally executed by a detachment of PP soldiers in Kuttaallaa Kussii kebele, Baabboo Gambeel district, West Wollega. Government troops raided the home of Obbo Duulaa Sirriiqaa, a widely beloved local farmer known for his peaceful civic stance. The soldiers dragged him from his residence and executed him via an intense volley of automatic gunfire. To justify this public murder, local cadres claimed that Obbo Duulaa’s son was an active freedom fighter within the ranks of the OLA. Simultaneously, a massive retaliatory kidnapping operation has targeted rural households in the Buuyyamaa Dabbalee kebele of Dirree Inciinni district, West Shewa. Following recent tactical breakthroughs by liberation forces, state paramilitaries swept through the village, executing mass abductions. Among those verified to have been dragged to undisclosed military interrogation centers are Obbo Galaanaa Qixxataa, a father of nine children, and Obbo Shallamaa Gammachuu, a father of four. The regime has completely hidden their location, leaving their large dependent families without a primary provider.
A devastating financial shakedown has completely paralyzed commercial operations across Haramayaa district and its surrounding municipal zones in East Hararghe. Military commanders and local PP cadres have introduced a mandatory “defense war tax,” forcefully extracting flat-rate payments of up to 50,000 Birr from every small business owner and shopkeeper. Families who are already struggling to survive amidst hyperinflation are being labeled “enemies of development” and subjected to severe physical abuse if they contest the payment. A identical campaign of systematic robbery has been unleashed upon the merchant community in the neighboring commercial hub of Awwadaay town. In West Hararghe’s Habroo district, the extortion machine has targeted low-income sports instructors and youth coaches in Maadaraa kebele. Local militias utilized firearm coercion to demand 25,000 Birr from individual instructors who operate small academic programs for local youth. The cadres delivered a definitive ultimatum: anyone unable to pay the fine would have their operational licenses immediately canceled and face indefinite imprisonment. Local elders report that these compounding war taxes are deliberately designed to bankrupt the Oromo middle class.
The regional administration has escalated its forced military conscription sweeps to unprecedented levels of brutality in Odaa Bultum district, West Hararghe. Armed press-gangs acting under the directives of local cadres have been launching raids into Kooyyee kebele, forcefully snatching young men from agricultural fields and public transit. Among the verified youth who have been bound and thrown into military trucks are Jamaal Huseen, Hasan Mahaammad, Ahimad Usmaa’il, and Adam Aliyyii. Local cadres forced the entire community into an open-air meeting, demanding that every family immediately surrender a child for the war front or pay an exorbitant exemption fee. The press-gangs are intentionally targeting chronically ill and elderly individuals who lack any physical capacity for combat. A identical campaign of mass abduction has devastated agrarian families across Arroojjii Wadoo and Golboo kebeles in Gaawoo Qeebbee district, Qellem Wollega Zone. Detachments of regular federal troops are sweeping through private farms, abducting smallholders at gunpoint while they tend to their crops. These agrarian captives are transferred directly to military forward bases to undergo rapid weapons training before being deployed as frontline infantry fodder.
A shocking extrajudicial execution has triggered immense public outrage in Galaan town, within the Shaggar City municipal limits. A commercial transit driver named Ibsaa Tulluu (popularly known as Abbittii) was operating a transport route from Adama to Finfinnee. At the exit checkpoint of Galaan town, a regime traffic police officer operating a motorcycle recklessly crossed into Ibsaa’s path, resulting in a fatal collision for the officer. In immediate retaliation, a secondary traffic police officer stationed at the checkpoint drew a pistol, walked up to the driver’s cabin, and shot Ibsaa directly through the head. Ibsaa, a native of Dambi Doolloo and father of one child, died instantly. Simultaneously, a highly malicious campaign of agricultural warfare has been unleashed against Oromo farmers in Burqaa Barakaa kebele, Cawwaaqaa district, Buunnoo Beddellee Zone. Local PP administrators have issued a draconian decree strictly banning the cultivation of all tall-growing crops, explicitly outlawing the planting of maize, sorghum, and long agrarian vegetation. The cynical justification provided by the cadres is that the OLA utilizes tall crops as tactical cover to launch defensive ambushes against government convoys. By enforcing this ban during the peak of the rainy season, the regime is intentionally manufacturing an artificial famine to starve out the local population.
A profound display of judicial lawlessness has been documented in Mandi town, Mandi district, West Wollega. A notorious local militia chief named Yaadasaa Haroo brutally executed an innocent Oromo youth named Kumaa Efireem Abdiisaa in broad daylight. To shield the commander from immediate public outrage, higher PP officials temporarily removed him from the town, falsely claiming he was under legal investigation. This week, however, the regime officially reinstated Yaadasaa Haroo to his exact command post, empowering him to resume his campaign of terror against the civilian population. Meanwhile, the central police station in Dafqallaa kebele, Deedoo district, Jimma Zone, has been filled to capacity with over 40 arbitrarily detained Oromo civilians. Armed units launched extensive night raids, breaking into private homes following a minor civil dispute between two individuals in the village. Seizing on the confusion, the local militia chief opened fire on assembling neighbors, arresting dozens under the blanket label of being OLA political assets. Among those currently undergoing severe physical abuse inside the overcrowded cells are Hajii A/Nagaa, Hajii Shee Jihaad, Habiib A/Maccaa, Biyyaa A/Fiixaa, Raayyaa A/Tuuchaa, and a youth identified as Biiniyaa.
A vicious military raid has left a young Oromo man fighting for his life in Innee Gabbiyyee kebele, Jibaat district, West Shewa. During the early hours of the morning, a detachment of federal troops surrounded the residence of Caalaa Naggasaa, a young civilian with no political affiliations. The soldiers broke through the doors and unleashed a hail of gunfire directly into his bed, shattering his right arm and causing severe internal trauma. Caalaa was dragged out in a pool of blood and is currently under heavy military guard at Amboo Hospital, where doctors state his survival remains highly uncertain. In West Hararghe’s Bookee district, security forces have intensified their campaign of youth abductions. State agents kidnapped Gurmeessaa Aliyyii and Asladdin Aliyyii from the town center. The cadres justified the abductions by claiming the youth had “unfamiliar faces” and were therefore undeclared rebel operatives. Local elders disclosed that during the previous year, the exact same paramilitary unit had executed two of the victims’ older brothers under the fabricated pretext that their father was an active supporter of the OLA freedom movement.
