ABSTRACT
Against the backdrop of historical tensions between Ethiopia’s Oromo and Somali ethnic groups, clashes along a shared 1,400-kilometre regional boundary spiralled into mass killings and displacements in late 2017 and 2018. By mid-2018, more than a million people had been displaced from their homes. As well as inter-ethnic animosities, the conflict involved the regional administrations and security forces of both Oromia and Somali regional states. As part of the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) longitudinal research study in Ethiopia, GAGE has gathered data from young people affected by this forced displacement to better understand the experiences and perspectives of young people in these communities. Fatima1is a 12-year-old adolescent girl from a Somali family who had been living inOromo region, but who were displaced as a result of the violence, and have been living in a camp for internally displaced persons in Dire Dawa city administration.
