Benishangul-Gumuz (Amharic: በኒሸንጉል ጉሙዝ, romanized: Benšangul Gumuz) is a regional state in northwestern Ethiopia bordering Sudan. It was previously known as Region 6. The region's capital is Assosa.

The Benishangul-Gumuz conflict was an armed conflict mostly in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia that started in 2019, until peace agreement signed between the rebel groups and the government of Ethiopia in October 2022.

Aug 8, 2024 · Benshangul/Gumuz region is located in western Ethiopia along the border with Sudan, and it shares internal borders with Amhara and Oromia regions. The region hosts the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Benshangul/Gumuz was the site of intense ethnic-based killings from 2020 to 2021 (see map below).

Benishangul People's Liberation Movement or BPLM is an armed rebel group based in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. [1] BPLM signed peace deals with the federal Ethiopian government in 2005, 2013 and 2022.

Jan 6, 2021 · How Addis Ababa deals with ethnic violence in the region of Benishangul-Gumuz will determine the country’s future.

Apr 4, 2025 · The conflict in Benishangul-Gumuz, involving an array of actors – Gumuz militias, Benishangul People’s Liberation Army (BPLA), Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), regional and federal forces and Amhara militias – has stabilized in the second half of 2022.

Apr 4, 2025 · This paper offers an analysis of conflict trends in Ethiopia’s Benishangul–Gumuz Regional State, focusing on the period since the 2018 national political transition.

Mar 16, 2021 · While the world is focusing on the humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia caused by the war between the federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, brutal repetitive attacks have...

Jun 18, 2021 · At the epicenter of these complex crossroads is Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State: site of the dam, bordering with Sudan, and cloaked in chaos that will prevent many of its constituents from participating in the upcoming national election.

Benishangul-Gumuz is a region in Ethiopia. The capital city is Assosa. The name of the region comes from two local ethnic groups – Berta (also called as Benishangul) and Gumuz. Like other Regions in Ethiopia, Benishangul-Gumuz is divided into administrative zones.