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 · Apr 4, 2024
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. Al Jazeera · Feb 14, 2024
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. International Business Times · Jan 20, 2024
‘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 · Dec 29, 2023
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. Al Jazeera · Nov 7, 2023
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. Radio France Internationale · Nov 2, 2023
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. Al Jazeera · Nov 2, 2023
Ethiopia conflict at a 'national scale' according to UN investigators Violations of the peace treaty are widespread in Ethiopia, UN investigators said Monday. Radio France Internationale · Sep 18, 2023
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 The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023
Ethiopian troops accused of mass killings of civilians in Amhara region Exclusive: Witnesses say federal forces have been looting villages and shooting farmers in their hunt for defiant Fano militiamen The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023
Ethiopia’s Amhara people are being portrayed as the enemy: the dangerous history of ethnic politics The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency on 4 August 2023 and sent the military into the Amhara region to engage the Fano, a local armed militia. Some suggested that Ethiopia risked slipping into another civil war. The Conversation · Sep 6, 2023
At least 183 killed in clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region At least 183 people have died in violent clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region since July, according to the United Nations. Radio France Internationale · Aug 29, 2023
The U.N. says at least 183 people have been killed in Ethiopia over Amhara region unrest since July 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 disband them The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023
More than 180 killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region since July, says UN At least 183 people have been killed since July in clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region, the United Nations said Tuesday as it appealed for the killings, violence and rights abuses to end. France 24 · Aug 29, 2023
The Conversation · Aug 24, 2023 Ethiopia's Amhara crisis: Abiy's political failures threaten a return to war The federal government of Ethiopia declared a state of emergency in Amhara region on 4 August 2023. A special session of parliament endorsed this decision, placing the administration of the country’s second largest region under the military. This followed clashes between federal troops and Amhara forces resisting a government order…
The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023 Airstrike in Ethiopia’s Amhara region kills at least 26 people Residents say attack on town square in Finote Selam targeted ethnic Fano militia but civilians were also hit
The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023 Lawyers and witnesses say Ethiopian police have arrested hundreds during state of emergency Lawyers and witnesses say authorities in Ethiopia are carrying out mass arrests of hundreds, even thousands, of people in the capital after deadly unrest in the country’s Amhara region
Radio France Internationale · Aug 10, 2023 Ethiopia's Amhara region under curfew as government drives back militia Six cities hit by fighting in Ethiopia's northern region of Amhara, including the regional capital Bahir Dar and the holy city of Lalibela, are under curfew after the federal government announced it had "freed" them from militiamen. The region has been in a state of emergency since last week after…
The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023 Ethiopia's government recaptures Amhara region towns from militia, government and residents say Ethiopia’s government and residents say the military has recaptured several areas in the embattled Amhara region from local militia fighters
Al Jazeera · Aug 10, 2023 What’s behind the crisis in Ethiopia’s Amhara region? A simple guide Tensions between local militiamen and federal forces sparked Ethiopia’s most serious security crisis since Tigray war.
Al Jazeera · Aug 9, 2023 Ethiopian forces push Fano fighters from Amhara’s Gondar city Fano rebels have been pushed out of Amhara’s second biggest city in breakthrough for Ethiopia’s federal forces.
France 24 · Aug 4, 2023 ECOWAS meeting in Abuja draws to a close as the unfolding crisis in Niger shows no signs of abating West African defence chiefs plan a possible military intervention in Niger if coup leaders don't stand down. Also in this edition: Ethiopia's government has declared a 6 month state of emergency in the region of Amhara, after clashes between the country's military and local milita groups. And finally, Congolese athletes…
The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023 Ethiopia's declaring a state of emergency in its Amhara region as local fighters clash with military Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers is declaring a state of emergency in the country’s Amhara region after authorities pleaded for help as clashes intensify between regional forces and the military
The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023 Violent unrest is rising in Ethiopia's Amhara region after attempt to disarm fighters, witnesses say Witnesses say violent unrest is escalating in Ethiopia’s Amhara region as federal security forces clash with a local ethnic militia
Al Jazeera · Jun 13, 2023 Fate of jailed fighters still unknown months after Ethiopia truce The whereabouts of hundreds of fighters on both sides of the Ethiopian war are still not known, despite truce.