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* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force.svg}} [[Ethiopian National Defense Force|ENDF]]
* {{flagicon|Benishangul-Gumuz}} [[Benishangul-Gumuz Region]]
* {{flagicon|Amhara}} [[Amhara Region]] militia<ref name="AddisStand_Metekel_Sep2020attacks"/>
<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Ethiopia_(Blank).svg}} [[Fano (militia)|Fano]] militias<ref name="ForeignPolicy_AllNotQuiet">{{cite news|title=All Is Not Quiet on Ethiopia's Western Front|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/06/ethiopia-benishangul-gumuz-violence-gerd-western-front|newspaper=[[Foreign Policy]]|date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
| combatant2 = {{flagicon|Benishangul-Gumuz}} [[Gumuz people|Gumuz People]]’sPeople’s Democratic Movement]]<ref name=addisstandard0723>{{cite news|url=https://addisstandard.com/news-eight-killed-16-injured-in-latest-attack-by-armed-group-in-benishangul-gumuz-despite-peace-agreement/|title=Eight killed, 16 injured in latest attack by armed group in Benishangul Gumuz despite peace agreement|publisher=Addis Standard|date=15 July 2023}}</ref><br/>{{flagicon|Benishangul-Gumuz}}[[Benishangul People's Liberation Movement]]<ref name=addisstandard1222>{{cite news|url=https://addisstandard.com/news-benishangul-gumuz-region-signs-peace-agreement-with-second-rebel-group-deal-signed-in-sudan/|title=Benishangul Gumuz region signs peace agreement with second rebel group, deal signed in Sudan |publisher=Addis Standard|date=12 December 2022}}</ref><br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Oromo Liberation Front.svg}} [[Oromo Liberation Front|Oromo Liberation Army]]<ref name="AddisStand_90killed_Bulen"/><br/>{{flagicon image|Infobox TPLF.png}} [[Tigray People's Liberation Front]] (alleged)<ref name="AddisStand_90killed_Bulen"/>
'''Support:'''<br/>{{flag|Sudan}} (Gumuz militiamen only)<ref>{{cite web|date=24 June 2021|title=Containing the Volatile Sudan-Ethiopia Border Dispute|url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-africa/ethiopia/containing-volatile-sudan-ethiopia-border-dispute|website=Crisis Group|language=en}}</ref>
| combatant3 =
| commander1 = {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[Sahle-Work Zewde]]<br/>{{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[Abiy Ahmed]]<br/>{{flagicon|Benishangul-Gumuz}} Ashadli Hussein
| commander2 = {{flagicon|Benishangul-Gumuz}} Abdul Wahab Mehdi Isa (BPLM)<ref name=addisstandard1222/>
| commander2 = Unknown
| commander3 =
| units1 =
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| strength2 = 500+{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
| strength3 =
| casualties1 = unknownUnknown
| casualties2 = {{flagicon|Benishangul-Gumuz}} 137 killed<ref name=":1"/><ref name="FanaBC_42executions"/><br/>{{flagicon image|Infobox TPLF.png}} 28 killed<ref name=":23 TPLF"/><ref name=":1"/>
| casualties3 = 437–537 civilians killed<ref name="BBC_BG_dozens"/><ref name="AddisStand_Metekel_Sep2020attacks"/><ref name="AddisStand_Abiy_visit_to_Metekel"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-violence-idUSKBN28Z0U0|title=Death toll from attack in western Ethiopia reaches 222, Red Cross says|publisher=Reuters|date=25 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="AJE_EHRC_Metekel_12Jan2021"/><br/>Estimated 100,000 [[internally displaced]] and 7,000 [[refugees]]<ref name=theconversation/>
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====November====
A 14 November attack on a passenger bus in Benishangul-Gumuz killed at least 34 people.<ref name="BBC_BG_dozens"/> It occurred in Benishangul-Gumuz Region, as the bus was travelling between [[Wenbera]] and [[Chagni]] in the context of the wider [[Metekel conflict]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-violence/gunmen-in-western-ethiopia-kill-at-least-34-people-in-bus-attack-rights-body-says-idUSKBN27V0DF|title=Gunmen in western Ethiopia kill at least 34 people in bus attack, rights body says|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=15 November 2020}}</ref> Aljazeera reported that the violence as ethnically motivated, and targeted campaign by ethnic Gumuz militias against ethnic Amhara and Agew living in Metekel.<ref name="Dozens">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/15/attack-on-bus-in-western-ethiopia-leaves-more-than-30-people-dead|title=Dozens killed in 'gruesome' bus attack in western Ethiopia|publisher=[[Al Jazeera English]]|date=15 November 2020|accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref>
{{main|2020 Ethiopia bus attack}}
The [[2020 Ethiopia bus attack|14 November bus attack]] on a passenger bus in Benishangul-Gumuz killed 34 people.<ref name="BBC_BG_dozens"/>
 
====December====
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====May====
On May 18, members of the Gumuz People’s Democratic Movement (GPDM) signed a [[memorandum of understanding]] with the regional government agreeing to undergo re-integration training in the region. Despite this, other armed groups like the Gumuz People’s Liberation Movement continued to perpetrate violent attacks against civilian populations delaying the Ethiopian election. Later on in the month, on May 22, suspected members of the Gumuz People’s Liberation Movement entered into [[Nejo (woreda)|Nejo woreda]], [[Oromia|Oromo Region]], and killed 6 people and injured one. They also burned down houses.<ref name=EPO>{{cite web|date=9 June 2021|title=EPO Monthly: May 2021 |publisher=Ethiopia Peace Observatory|url=https://epo.acleddata.com/2021/06/09/epo-monthly-may-2021/|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
====July====
On July 28, the government said they had killed 95 members of the Gumuz People’s Democratic Movement (GPDM) in an operation in [[Awolbegu kebele]], [[Sherkole|Sherkole district]]. 5 members of the TPLF were also said to be killed.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Benishangul authorities says over 100 armed rebels annihilated|url=https://borkena.com/2021/07/28/benishangul-authorities-says-over-100-armed-rebels-annihilated/|date=28 July 2021|website=borkena.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In September 2021, special forces from Ahmara and other regions were redeployed to Benishangul-Gumuz to deal with the increased insecurity.<ref>{{cite web|title=At least 20 people killed in latest attack by armed men in Benishagul Gumuz state; UN says growing insecurity worsening humanitarian conditions|url=https://addisstandard.com/news-at-least-20-people-killed-in-latest-attack-by-armed-men-in-benishagul-gumuz-state-un-says-growing-insecurity-worsening-humanitarian-conditions/|date=5 March 2022|website=addisstandard.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
===Peace process===
On 22 December 2020, Abiy Ahmed held talks with Metekel Zone residents, [[Ministry of Peace (Ethiopia)|Minister of Peace]] [[Muferiat Kamil]], army Chief of Staff [[Birhanu Jula Gelalcha]], Ashadli Hussein, and other officials.<ref name="AddisStand_Abiy_visit_to_Metekel"/> Ashadli stated that the [[Ministry of Peace (Ethiopia)|Ministry of Peace]] would coordinate the creation of a [[truth commission|reconciliation committee]] consisting of people from the Benishangul-Gumuz and [[Amhara Region]]s.<ref name="AddisStand_90killed_Bulen"/>
 
In December 2020, Ashadli stated that the [[Ministry of Peace (Ethiopia)|Ministry of Peace]] would coordinate the creation of a [[truth commission|reconciliation committee]] consisting of people from the Benishangul-Gumuz and [[Amhara Region]]s.<ref name="AddisStand_90killed_Bulen"/>
 
By late February 2021, several peace forums had been held in Gilgil Beles, the capital of Metekel Zone. The federal government started creating a "multi-ethnic self-defence militia", which had 9000 members {{as of|2021|02|lc=yes}}. [[Tsegaye Berhanu]], a researcher at [[List of public higher institutions in Ethiopia|Assosa University]] was critical of the creation of the militia, stating, "Arming unarmed groups is like encouraging revenge, and puts the area into an endless conflict trap."<ref name="NewHuman_anger_fear"/>
 
InOn OctoberMay 202218, Benishangulmembers of the [[Gumuz regionalPeople’s governmentDemocratic communicationMovement]] bureau(GPDM) saidsigned a [[memorandum of understanding]] with the regional government andagreeing to undergo re-integration training in the region. Despite this, other armed groups like the Gumuz People’s DemocraticLiberation Movement (GPDM),continued ato rebelperpetrate groupviolent militarilyattacks activeagainst incivilian populations delaying the regionEthiopian election. In October 2022, Benishangul Gumuz regional government communication bureau said the regional government and the GPDM signed a peace agreement to resolve their differences “through dialogue.”<ref name="auto"/> In December 2022, the regional government signed a peace agreement with the armed group Benishangul People’s Liberation Movement (BPLM) in Khartoum, Sudan.<ref name=addisstandard1222/>
 
===Post peace treaty===
Despite the peace agreement in 2022, an attack by GPDM led to the deaths of eight people. The violence was preceded by the killing of a native Gumuz teenager in a car accident and was followed by the killing by GPDM of a shepherd.<ref name=addisstandard0723/>
 
==Casualties==
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