2021 Ataye clashes

2021 Ataye clashes
Part of OLA insurgency
Ataye
Ataye (Ethiopia)
Date18–31 March 2021
16–18 April 2021
Location10°20′29″N 39°57′29″E / 10.3413°N 39.9581°E / 10.3413; 39.9581
Belligerents
OLA
Oromo militias
Amhara Special Forces
Amhara militias
Casualties and losses
21+ killed, several captured (Amhara authority claim) 14+ killed (witnesses)
584 killed
566+ injured

The 2021 Ataye clashes were two episodes of large-scale ethnic violence killing hundreds in and around the Ethiopian town of Ataye, leading to nearly a quarter of the town being destroyed and hundreds of thousands displaced.