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

Fano, a militia in the surrounding Amhara region, has been battling the army since it was ordered to disband. Government spokesperson Legesse Tulu has disputed reports of violence in the city ...

Fano is an ethnic Amhara militia without a formal structure and there are several groups operating in different parts of the Amhara region. Simeneh Mulatu, head of the foreign and diaspora affairs ...

The federal government has tried to centralize security powers after the end of a devastating two-year conflict in the country’s Tigray region, where Amhara regional forces and militia were key ...

This comes after months of clashes last year between the military and the ethnic Amhara militia, which describes itself as a “self-defence” organisation and draws volunteers from the local ...

The region has seen recent clashes between the military and an ethnic Amhara militia known as the Fano. Go to BBCAfrica.com for more news from the African continent.

“I lost friends and my livelihood,” said Zewdie, a merchant from the tourist town of Gondar, speaking of the toll of the conflict in Amhara, where government troops have been fighting members of a ...

"The special forces killed the militia who was a member of the Amhara community, and then a week-long killing followed." He estimated that hundreds of people have since fled the area. An ethnic ...

In the aftermath of the Tigray conflict, Ethiopia is once again engaged in violent internal strife, this time involving militia groups from the regions of Amhara and Oromia. The Tigray War began ...

speaking of the toll of the conflict in Amhara, where government troops have been fighting members of a local militia. Isaias Seyoum, a priest in Addis Ababa’s Selassie Church, said the ...