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[9] [5] Amhara civilians were selectively targeted from the village. The Amhara Association of America claimed the attack took place with three groups of militants - the first group came with machine guns and provided security for the other two groups, the second group were the executioners of civilians, and the third group "engaged in looting ...
During this time, region-wide protests erupted across the Amhara Region especially in cities like Gonder, Bahir Dar and Woldia. Protestors called for an end to oppression, amendment to the racist Ethiopian constitution and recognition of the ethnic Amhara identity of the lands of Welkait, Raya, Metekel and Dera/Shewa. During this period ...
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. Fano carried out ...
The Ethiopian government's drone strikes on civilians in the Amhara region, likely funded in part by the IMF and World Bank, have resulted in the deaths of over 200 civilians and have caused ...
The violence erupted over attempts by Ethiopia’s federal government to disband Amhara regional forces after the end of a two-year conflict in the neighboring Tigray region.
A senior Ethiopian official accused militiamen in the Amhara region of seeking to overthrow the regional and federal governments following days of fighting that led the authorities to declare a ...
The Gida Kiremu massacres refers to a series of attacks between 18 and 20 August 2021 when the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) targeted Amhara civilians in Gida Kiremu, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, killing over 210. The attack on 18 August killed 150 Amhara civilians, and reprisal attacks by Amhara militias killed 60 mostly-Oromo civilians the day after.
The United Nations human rights office says at least 183 people have been killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region since July as Amhara fighters resist efforts by the federal government to ...