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On July 4, 2022, alleged Oromo Liberation Army militants killed hundreds of civilians in Kelam Welega Zone, Oromia in Ethiopia. [5] The massacre sparked condemnation from Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed, and was the second mass killing in Oromia region after the Gimbi massacre just a week prior. [6] Qelem is also known as Kellem.
During July 2024, Fano began a broad offensive in the Amhara region which enabled it to seize control of rural territories. [3] [2]Fano units in Gondar started attacking the B30 Highway in September after a lull in August and launched an offensive to gain control over the C34 road, [4] which links Amhara to neighboring Sudan.
The 2022 North Shewa clashes were a series of clashes that broke out between ethnic Amhara Fano militiamen, the Oromo Liberation Army, and the Ethiopian National Defence Forces in the North Shewa zone in the Oromia region and the Oromia Zone in the Amhara region, which resulted in dozens of people killed and thousands displaced.
The War in Amhara is an armed conflict and insurgency in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia that began in April 2023 between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian government.The conflict started after the government attempted to dissolve the Amhara Special Forces and other regional forces as part of a plan to reform and centralize the country's security apparatus, and integrate them into the federal ...
Roha News (YouTube streaming media), Founder and Editor-in-chief: March 26, 2023 Released in bail as of April 25, 2023 Accused of terrorism and inciting violence on social media. [1] [13] [68] [2] Getenet Ashagre Addis Ababa: Voice of Amhara YouTube-based broadcaster, Editor-in-chief: March 26, 2023 Released in bail as of April 25, 2023
Fano (Amharic: ፋኖ) [1] is an ethno-nationalist Amhara militia and former protest movement. It has engaged in violent clashes throughout Ethiopia in the name of neutralizing perceived threats to the Amhara people.
On 27 June 2022, the Sudanese government accused Ethiopia of executing seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian and then displaying the bodies of those executed to the public. However, the Ethiopian government denied this and claimed that the deaths were the result of a skirmish between Sudanese soldiers and a local militia. [45] [46]
The UN and some foreign diplomats urged citizens and families to leave Ethiopia with the state of emergency following occupation of Kombolcha and the killing of the 100 Amhara youths. Government of Ethiopia : Senior Ethiopian officials described the calls for evacuation as disinformation and propaganda.