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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.
A six-month state of emergency was declared on 4 August 2023 by the Ethiopian government in response to severe conflict and instabilities in Amhara Region after the Amhara militia Fano and the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) clashed in several locations in the region on 1 August. [1]
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 ...
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.
The Persecution of Amhara people [8] is the ongoing persecution of the Amhara and Agaw people of Ethiopia.Since the early 1990s, the Amhara people have been subject to ethnic violence, including massacres by Tigrayan, Oromo and Gumuz ethnic groups among others, which some have characterized as a genocide.
Amhara Media Corporation (የአማራ ሚዲያ ኮርፖሬሽን) Acronym: AMECO or formerly known as Amhara Mass Media Agency is a television, digital media, radio and newspaper news organisation owned by the Amhara Region government in Ethiopia. AMECO was established in 1993. During 2017–2020, AMECO had about 900–1000 employees. [1] [2
9 August – Ethiopian Airlines signs an agreement with UAE-based consulting firm Dar to design a new airport in Bishoftu expected to be the largest in Africa. [ 19 ] 19 August – Heaven Awot, a seven-year old girl is revealed to have been brutally raped, mutilated and murdered by her mother's landlord Getnet Baye in Bahir Dar , Amhara Region ...
The AAA was founded during a turbulent time in Ethiopian history when nation-wide protests erupted against the TPLF-dominated EPRDF government which ruled the country from 1991 to 2018 committing extensive crimes against humanity. During this time, region-wide protests erupted across the Amhara Region especially in cities like Gonder, Bahir Dar ...