Aid workers risk death and kidnap in Ethiopia’s troubled Amhara …
WEB20 hours ago · In late July, Yared Melese, a 30-year-old NGO worker, checked into a hotel in North Wollo zone, part of Ethiopia’s troubled Amhara region. He had gone to assess humanitarian needs on behalf of Action for Social Development and Environmental Protection Organisation (ASDEPO), an Ethiopian non-profit. That night he and three colleagues were ...
Why Ethiopia's Amhara militiamen are battling the army - BBC
WEBAug 15, 2023 · The crisis is so serious that many people say the Amhara state government - controlled by Mr Abiy's ruling Prosperity Party (PP) - is on the brink of collapse, with key officials having fled to...
What’s behind the crisis in Ethiopia’s Amhara region? A simple …
WEB10 Aug 2023. Fierce fighting broke out last week in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region, just nine months after the end of a devastating two-year war in the neighbouring Tigray region.
Emergency declared in Ethiopia's second-largest region Amhara
WEBFollowing days of fighting between the military and local Fano militiamen, Ethiopia's government on Friday proclaimed a six-month state of emergency in the nation's second-largest area, Amhara,...
Ethiopia: Amhara protests against regional forces dissolution
WEBApr 10, 2023 · Several areas in Ethiopia's Amhara region have announced restrictions on movement. It follows violent anti-government protests sparked by the federal government's decision to dissolve regional ...
Amhara conflict: Ethiopians massacred in their homes by ... - BBC
WEBFeb 13, 2024 · At least 45 civilians were killed in door-to-door raids by Ethiopian troops last month in the northern town of Merawi, the country's human rights watchdog says. Witnesses told the BBC a pregnant...
Ethiopia unrest: Sudden arrest of 4,000 spells fear in Amhara - BBC
WEBMay 27, 2022 · The clampdown against armed groups in the giant Amhara region has seen the arrest of more than 4,000 people in recent days, including militia members, politicians, journalists, and a key military...
Lalibela fighting: Amhara Fano militia and Ethiopian army clash in ...
WEBNov 8, 2023 · The Amhara region around Lalibela has been a battleground between the Fano militia and the military for several months. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government imposed a six-month state of...
Ethiopia's Amhara region pleads for help with violent unrest after ...
WEBAug 3, 2023 · Ethiopia’s second most populous region has been gripped by instability since April, when federal authorities disarmed the Amhara regional force as part of the recovery from a devastating two-year conflict in the neighboring Tigray region.
Multiple injuries as Ethiopian military, militia clash in Amhara ...
WEB2 Aug 2023. Ethiopia’s military has clashed with fighters from a militia in the Amhara region, residents said on Wednesday, in an escalation of a simmering feud between the two former allies...
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