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UNCOVERED: Amhara - The Untold Story

Caught in the crossfire of war, a community in Ethiopia keeps preaching peace

The Arwa Amba in northern Ethiopia has been widely hailed for its radical commitment to equality, peace and pacifism. Now, fighting has erupted on its doorstep, and the community is struggling to stay unaffected.

Euronews

Ethiopia is committed to peace and dialogue in the Amhara region

Letters: Ambassador Biruk Mekonnen Demissie responds to a photo essay about the Fano insurgency in the Horn of Africa

The Guardian - UK

A collapse at a church under construction in Ethiopia kills at least 25 worshippers

Authorities in Ethiopia say that scaffolding supporting a church under construction in the Amhara region has collapsed, killing at least 25 people and injuring scores of others

The Independent UK

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Why Ethiopia’s Tigray could be on the brink of another conflict

Fears of instability rise again as the TPLF and the federal government appear to be gearing up for a showdown.

Al Jazeera

Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report

Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions

The Guardian - UK

African Armies Turn To Drones With Devastating Civilian Impact

The Easter period usually offers a rare respite in Gedeb, in Ethiopia's deeply troubled north, but on April 17 death rained from the skies in this sleepy town caught up in a war between rebels and the army.

International Business Times

Rusted screws, metal spikes and plastic rubbish: the horrific sexual violence used against Tigray’s women

Tens of thousands of Tigrayan women report brutal wartime abuse by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers, such as gang-rape and the insertion of objects into their uteruses. But justice seems a distant prospect

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Is Ethiopia at war again? A look at the rebellion in one of its most powerful regions

A loose collection of rebel groups is challenging Ethiopia’s military in one of the country’s most populous and powerful regions

The Independent UK

Ethiopia’s civil war: what’s behind the Amhara rebellion?

Ethiopia is in the grip of a civil war between federal government forces and the Fano, a loose alliance of ethnic-based militia in the Amhara region.

The Conversation

Ethiopia's army says it killed more than 300 Fano militiamen in two days of fighting

Ethiopia's army said on Friday its troops had killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes in the northern Amhara region, as fears have emerged of a wider regional war.

Radio France Internationale

Ethiopia’s war may have ended, but the Tigray crisis hasn’t

For over 20 years, Ethiopia was led by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, a coalition of four ethnic-based political parties representing Tigray, Amhara, Oromo, and Southern nations, nationalities and peoples. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front was the most influential party within the coalition. However, in 2018, when the Prosperity…

The Conversation

‘We just want peace’: A pacifist community amid Ethiopia’s Amhara conflict

For two years, Awra Amba has been caught up in a war raging between Fano fighters and Ethiopian government soldiers.

Al Jazeera

9 million Ethiopian children have been forced out of school: what the government must do

More than nine million Ethiopian children are currently out of school. They are caught in the crossfire of armed conflicts, natural disasters, tribal tensions and economic hardships.

The Conversation

‘Every night we only hoped to survive’: Sudanese refugees’ search for safety

Refugees who escaped Sudan’s civil war and fled to Ethiopia have found themselves on the run from another conflict

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Ethiopia Plagued By Abductions 'Epidemic'

One day in August, Aynalem was on her way to university in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia when armed men suddenly stopped the bus and climbed aboard.

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Deadly Militia-Police Shootout Erupts In Ethiopian Capital

Recent shootout in Addis Ababa sheds light on Ethiopia's regional rebellions and escalating violence in Amhara region.

Al Jazeera

Ethiopia’s army accused of committing war crimes in Amhara region

Human Rights Watch urges UN to launch a probe into the ‘summary killings’ carried out by government forces in January.

Al Jazeera

Addis summit raises questions about AU’s muted stance on Ethiopia rifts

For years, AU officials have refrained from addressing atrocities in Ethiopia. Analysts say this is strategic.

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Ethiopian Regional Conflict Makes Orthodox Epiphany 'Sad'

Festivities for the Orthodox Christian celebration of epiphany have been muted this year in Gondar, in the northwest Ethiopian region of Amhara where conflict has raged for months.

Al Jazeera

‘Collective punishment’: Ethiopia drone strikes target civilians in Amhara

Ethiopia’s latest conflict has intensified in recent months with a surge in drone attacks seemingly targeting civilians.

Al Jazeera

Is landlocked Ethiopia starting another war over ports in Horn of Africa?

Ethiopia’s tone on access to a seaport is seen as either a distraction from domestic policy failures or start of a war.

Radio France Internationale

A year after the ceasefire in Tigray, Ethiopia is little closer to peace

Ongoing atrocities cast a shadow on the first anniversary of the ceasefire that officially ended hostilities in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to Human Rights Watch. One year into the peace deal, there are multiple reports of abuses in Tigray as well as conflicts in other regions.

Al Jazeera

Dashed hopes and limited aid trouble Tigrayans a year after Ethiopia truce

Many people say they can’t return home despite ceasefire because Ethiopian allied forces still occupy parts of region.

Radio France Internationale

Ethiopia conflict at a 'national scale' according to UN investigators

Violations of the peace treaty are widespread in Ethiopia, UN investigators said Monday.

The Independent UK

UN experts say Ethiopia's conflict and Tigray fighting left over 10,000 survivors of sexual violence

U.N.-backed human rights experts say that war crimes continue in Ethiopia despite a peace deal signed nearly a year ago to end a devastating conflict that also engulfed the country's Tigray region

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