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The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) called on "conflicting parties to immediately end" for human rights abuses in the region". [5] The commission told they received "credible reports of strikes and shelling, including from Debre Birhan, Finote Selam, and Bure, resulting in many civilian casualties and damage to residential areas and public spaces".
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 ...
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.
Hundreds of people in a rural part of Ethiopia, 165km (100 miles) north-east of the capital, Addis Ababa, have been leaving their homes in panic as a nearby volcano has been showing signs of a ...
The Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) released a statement stating the "murder by itself should have been enough to sentence him to life imprisonment or to death…". Similarly, the Minister for Women and Social Affairs Ergoge Tesfaye condemned the murder as "inhumane" on her Facebook page and said the office would investigate the case ...
The Merawi massacre was the extrajudicial killing and massacre of 50 to 100 residents in the town of Merawi in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia by the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), [1] [2] [3] between 29–30 January 2024. [4] The massacre occurred after an attack on an Ethiopian military garrison by the Fano militia.
The shaking was felt throughout central and eastern Ethiopia, including southern Afar, southern Amhara, and central Oromia regions, northwestern Somalia, and the capital Addis Ababa. [5] On 16 October, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at 11:11 PM local time, which had an epicentre in the Metehara area of Oromia.
A relation between Amhara militia Fano and the Ethiopian government in post-Tigray War worsened in 2023, culminated in War in Amhara. [80] By April 2023, major crackdowns and unrest was skyrocketed after the Ethiopian army raided to Amhara Region to disarm regional military force.