Ethiopia’s intelligence chief and the official overseeing the state of emergency, Temesgen Tiruneh, acknowledged Sunday that irregular Amhara forces had taken control of towns, released inmates ...

Ethiopian army spokesman Getnet Adane told a press conference this week that fighters claiming to be from the local militia ... Amhara "special forces" and Fano fighters continue to control ...

The situation in Ethiopia after intense armed clashes in Amhara state has been taken under control by the authorities ... federal authorities demanded that militias be disarmed.

Access restrictions imposed by "local militia" in Bugna and Lasta districts, North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, have exacerbated an already dire humanitarian crisis affecting 77,000 people ...

Fano, a militia in ... Forces in Amhara say the federal government's decision will prevent the region from providing armed resistance to any future threat. The Ethiopia Human Rights Commission ...

At its height, local Amhara militias briefly controlled a major airport and ... station were hit by drones in December. At the time, Ethiopia's central government denied targeting civilians ...

Ethiopia’s human rights watchdog says at ... This comes after months of clashes last year between the military and the ethnic Amhara militia, which describes itself as a “self-defence ...