in April 2023 the federal government announced unconstitutional plans to disband the only force protecting Amhara communities, the Amhara Special Forces (ASF). This triggered huge protests ...

Despite the peace agreement, Amhara "special forces" and Fano fighters continue to control Western Tigray, an area claimed by both the Amhara and Tigrayans. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in April ...

Last year, Human Rights Watch found that several dozen civilians were executed in the town of Merawi in Ethiopia’s northwestern Amhara region. “The Ethiopian armed forces’ brutal killings of ...

For now, the conflict rages on in Amhara. A June 2024 report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights found that federal forces carried out torture, rape, extrajudicial ...

The Amhara Region Communication Bureau released a statement confirming the deaths of civilians, including teachers, in Merawi town. "The armed forces entered the town, and four teachers ...

The Amhara region has faced multiple crises since August 2023 when the region became the epicenter of a militarized conflict involving government forces armed groups that swept large parts of the ...

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[Reuters] Forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region in recent weeks looted warehouses belonging to the U.S. government's humanitarian agency in the Amhara region, USAID's mission director in Ethiopia ...