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Gedeo–Guji clashes
Part of the Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
GedeoGedeo (Ethiopia)
Date 1995 – July 2018 Location Border between Gedeo zone and West Guji Zone
Belligerents
Guji Oromo	Gedeo people
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1,725 deaths and 800,000 civilians, mostly Gedeo, displaced

The Gedeo–Guji clashes were a territorial conflict between the Guji Oromo and the Gedeo people, that began in 1995. The clashes led to about 800,000 mostly ethnic Gedeos fleeing their homes, a higher number and over a shorter period of time, than occurred at the height of the more publicized Rohingya crisis in Myanmar the year before. The government pressured the refugees to return to their homes even though they fear for their lives, often by denying refugees access to humanitarian aid.

This conflict is concurrent Territorial conflict with the Oromia–Somali clashes between Oromia Region and Somali region border in the east of the Ethiopia. These ethnic conflicts involving the Guji led to Ethiopia having the largest number of people to flee their homes in the world in 2018. Some have blamed Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for giving space to political groups formerly banned by previous Tigrayan-led governments, such as the Ginbot 7, Oromo Liberation Front, Sidama Liberation Front and ONLF.

See also

• Ethnic violence against Amaro Koore
• Ethnic violence in Konso
• Gedeo people
• Guji Oromo
• Guji Zone

References

1. ^ "Shadow falls over Ethiopia reforms as warnings of crisis go unheeded". The Guardian. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
2. "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
3. "What is behind clashes in Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regions?", BBC News, 15 September 2017, retrieved September 17, 2017
4. "Ethiopia tops global list of highest internal displacement in 2018". Relief Web. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
5. Ahmed, Hadra; Goldstein, Joseph (24 September 2018). "Thousands Are Arrested in Ethiopia After Ethnic Violence". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

v t e Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
Background	Ethnic discrimination 2014 Addis Ababa Master Plan 2015 Ethiopian uprising 2014–2016 Oromo protests
Conflicts by region	Afar Afar–Somali clashes Galikoma massacre Amhara 2019 coup attempt 2021 Ataye clashes 2022 North Shewa clashes Persecution of Amhara people War in Amhara Drone strikes Finote Selam Merawi massacre 2024 Amhara offensive Spillover Benishangul-Gumuz Benishangul-Gumuz conflict Oromia Oromo conflict OLA insurgency Somali Region Oromia–Somali clashes SNNPR Gedeo–Guji clashes Ethnic violence in Konso Ethnic violence against Amaro Koore Tigray Tigray war Spillover War crimes template
Peace processes	Tigray peace agreement
Armed groups	Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front Amhara Fano Benishangul People's Liberation Movement Ethiopian National Defense Force Oromo Liberation Army Sidama National Liberation Front Tigray Tigray People's Liberation Front Tigray Defence Forces United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces Foreign forces Sudanese Armed Forces Eritrean Defence Forces
Human rights organisations	Government EHRC Grassroots EHRCO ERCS Seb Hidri Yikono
Related	Al-Fashaga conflict 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia Internment camps in Ethiopia
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