Ethiopia extends state of emergency in Amhara
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters Ethiopia’s parliament on Friday extended by four months a state of emergency declared in August to respond to an insurgency in the northern region of Amhara that has resulted in hundreds of deaths and drawn accusations of widespread human rights abuses. Fighting erupted in Amhara last July between federal forces and […]
Ethiopian official: at least 372 deaths due to hunger in two regions in last six months
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters At least 372 people have died in two northern Ethiopian regions from drought-induced hunger in the last six months, a senior government official said on Wednesday, adding to the regions’ challenges arising from conflict. Endale Haile, head of the Ethiopian Institution of the Ombudsman, which receives complaints from the public against […]
Residents report gunfire in Ethiopian holy city, but government says all peaceful
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia/Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Fighting broke out on Wednesday between the army and a regional militia in Ethiopia’s medieval holy city of Lalibela, a World Heritage site, four residents told Reuters, but the government said the area was peaceful. Fano, a part-time militia in the northern Amhara region which has no formal command structure, […]
Clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region raise concern for historic churches
Nairobi, Kenya/Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Fresh fighting between the Ethiopian army and a local militia in the northern Amhara region has raised concerns among residents for the safety of historic rock-hewn churches in the holy town of Lalibela. Fano militiamen over-ran Lalibela and Gondar, the second-biggest city in the Amhara region, for several days in August […]
Conflict in Ethiopia’s Amhara kills dozens, rights body says
Addis Ababa Reuters Dozens of civilians have been killed this month by drone strikes and house-to-house searches in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, where authorities have touted security gains since conflict erupted in July, a state-appointed human rights commission said on Monday. The fighting between state forces and local militiamen, who accuse the federal government of marginalising […]
Suspected air strike kills 26 in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
Nairobi, KenyaReuters A suspected air strike at the weekend in Ethiopia’s Amhara region killed at least 26 people, a hospital official said on Monday, as a state-appointed rights group detailed widespread killings of civilians since fighting broke out this month. Federal forces managed late last week to push Fano militiamen out of most major towns […]
Ethiopia just ended one war. Is another one beginning?
Nairobi, KenyaReuters When Ethiopia’s government and rebellious forces from the Tigray region agreed in November to end their conflict, diplomats hailed the peace deal as a new dawn for Africa’s second most populous nation. For many in the Amhara region, which neighbours Tigray and fought in support of federal forces during the war, the deal […]
Ethiopia declares six-month state of emergency in Amhara after clashes
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Ethiopia’s government declared a six-month state of emergency on Friday in the country’s second-largest region, Amhara, following days of clashes between the military and local Fano militiamen, giving it powers to impose curfews, restrict movement and ban gatherings. The fighting that broke out earlier this week has quickly become Ethiopia’s most serious […]
Gunfire, protests in Ethiopia’s Amhara over plan to disband regional force
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Gunfire was heard in at least two towns in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Sunday as thousands protested against a Federal Government order to integrate regional special forces into the police or national army, residents said. Members of Amhara’s special forces and allied militias vowed to oppose Thursday’s order, setting up a standoff […]
Ethiopia rights body says all involved in fighting in north executed civilians
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters At least 749 civilians died in fighting in regions in northern Ethiopia since July last year, including extrajudicial killings by all sides involved in the conflict, a government-appointed rights group said on Friday. The commission said the human rights violations it documented “may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity” and called […]