Figure IV

The places struck again and again

Every location in the four Wollega zones where ACLED recorded violence against civilians in at least three separate calendar years. One square per year, read left to right from 2018.

PlaceWoreda and zoneYear by year  
181920212223242526
EventsDead
Shambuapprox.Shambu town · Horo Guduru Wollega
1224
Dembi Doloapprox.Denbi Dollo town · Kellem Wollega
2377
Nekemtapprox.Nekemte town · East Wollega
2829
Gelilaapprox.Limu · East Wollega
1019
Kiremuapprox.Kiremu · East Wollega
29364
Tulu Wayuapprox.Abe Dongoro · Horo Guduru Wollega
1776
Ayanaapprox.Gida Ayana · East Wollega
1945
Nejoapprox.Nejo town · West Wollega
1140
Gidamiapprox.Gidami · Kellem Wollega
928
Mendiapprox.Mendi town · West Wollega
914
Kiltu Karaapprox.Kiltu Kara · West Wollega
53
Amuruapprox.Amuru · Horo Guduru Wollega
26131
Gutinapprox.Gida Ayana · East Wollega
1335
Mugiapprox.Anfilo · Kellem Wollega
731
Inangoapprox.Lalo Asabi · West Wollega
616
Bojiapprox.Gudetu Kondole · West Wollega
511
Sasigaapprox.Sasiga · East Wollega
58
Agemsaapprox.Amuru · Horo Guduru Wollega
17108
Jardegaapprox.Jarte Jardega · Horo Guduru Wollega
1466
Gulisoapprox.Guliso · West Wollega
438
DichoGida Ayana · East Wollega
835
Debekaapprox.Babo · West Wollega
328
Gimbiapprox.Gimbi town · West Wollega
919
Begiapprox.Begi · West Wollega
1319
Sireapprox.Sibu Sire · East Wollega
410
Uke Karsaapprox.Guto Gida · East Wollega
48
Debesoapprox.Sayo Nole · West Wollega
47
Gudina AbunaHoro Buluk · Horo Guduru Wollega
44
Dongoroapprox.Lalo Asabi · West Wollega
33
Bilaapprox.Boji Dirmeji · West Wollega
32
How to read the squares
no recorded incident
1 incident
2 to 3
4 to 6
7 or more
2026 — not covered by this export
2026 — violence reported, not corroborated, not counted here
approx. placed at the nearest town, not exact coordinates
These thirty places account for 1,298 of the 1,997 civilian deaths recorded, or roughly two thirds. Violence in Wollega is not diffuse and it is not episodic. It returns to the same towns and the same wards, year after year. Shambu was struck in all eight years without exception; Nekemte and Dembi Dolo in seven. A pattern that repeats in the same place for eight consecutive years is not a series of incidents. It is a condition.

The last column is empty because the record stops, not because the violence did. The ACLED export behind this table ends in September 2025, and the tool that produced it truncates long queries. Through August and early September 2026, killings, church destruction and mass displacement were reported around Gida Ayana in East Wollega and in Hawa Gelan district, Kellem Wollega. Those reports are outlined in red above. They are not corroborated, they are counted in no figure on this page, and they will only enter this table when a complete export is drawn.

Source: ACLED, export of 3 September 2026, four Wollega zones, event type “violence against civilians”, 1 January 2018 to 31 August 2025. Recorded events and recorded deaths, a floor rather than an estimate. Place names follow ACLED transliteration.