A loose Amhara militia network that fought the TPLF now wages a decentralised insurgency – and is pulling Addis Ababa and Asmara back into confrontation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency on 4 August 2023 and sent the military into the Amhara region to engage the ...

Before he was a rebel, Asres Mare Damte was a lawyer. Today he fights for the Fano, a loose collection of groups taking on Ethiopia’s military in one of its most populous and powerful regions. The ...

Northern Amhara is Ethiopia's second most populated region, with roughly 23 million inhabitants, and has endured nearly three years of conflict between the federal army and the 'Fano', Amhara's ...

Ethiopia’s government Friday declared a state of emergency in Amhara, resulting from ongoing clashes between military and local Fano militiamen. This came in the form of a press release issued by the ...

Ethiopia has taken a significant – though fragile – step towards easing one of its most volatile internal crises with the signing of a peace agreement between the Amhara Regional State Government and ...

The U.S. is calling for an investigation into an alleged massacre of civilians in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, where a local rights group says more than 80 people were killed last week following clashes ...

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A few months ago, farmer Belete Melke was sheltering from a heavy downpour in a remote village in Ethiopia's Amhara region when suddenly gunfire erupted around him. "We were caught in the crossfire," ...