Ethiopian forces and Amhara militiamen have both in recent months killed dozens of civilians, caught in a conflict plaguing ...

In another, Fano fighters arrested 80 people in October who they said were local officials and government informants and then killed 38 of them in December, it said. Spokespeople for the federal ...

A violent clash that erupted late last week in Jimat Enkokma Kebele, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara region, left four people dead, including a 14-year-old boy and a monk. Residents told Addis Standard that ...

Merawi residents describe several hours of fierce fighting on 29 January between the army and Fano fighters, followed by house-to-house searches by uniformed Ethiopian security officers.

Ethiopian army spokesman Getnet Adane told a press conference this week that fighters claiming to be from the local militia Fano were responsible for the violence. "We will take measures against ...

The decree also allows for suspects to be searched and held without a warrant. Local fighters from Amhara's Fano militia have taken control of three towns in the region, residents told AFP.

The offensive has killed, detained or displaced thousands of civilians despite supposedly targeting the region’s Fano fighters. The death toll, so far, is disturbing. The airstrikes, carried out ...