The incident reflects a worrisome reality in Oromia, where boys in their early teenage years are being forcibly recruited ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) characterized Ethiopia's human rights situation in 2024 as "dire," citing widespread conflict, restrictions on civil society, and impunity for abuses. The organization's ...

In fact, for Dr. Youwei Yang, chief economist at BIT Mining, Ethiopia’s ultra-low electricity costs provide the firm with a ...

Lost generation' - Amhara is Ethiopia's second most populous region, home to some 23 million people, but has been roiled by conflict since April 2023. The Fano "self-defence" militia took up arms ...

Before then, Fano had been an ally of Ethiopian troops fighting their common enemy - the TPLF rebels in the neighbouring Tigray region. After a peace deal was agreed in Tigray, the authorities ...

Since April 2023 the federal government has been locked in conflict with the Fano, a long-standing "self-defence" militia for the Amhara ethnic group, Ethiopia's second largest. In September ...

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 ...

This November, a 20-year-old man from the Amhara region of Ethiopia — forced to drop out ... there had been no nearby clashes with the local Fano rebels. “He died after they were struck ...

This November, a 20-year-old man from the Amhara region of Ethiopia — forced to drop out ... there had been no nearby clashes with the local Fano rebels. “He died after they were struck ...

This November, a 20-year-old man from the Amhara region of Ethiopia — forced to drop out ... there had been no nearby clashes with the local Fano rebels. “He died after they were struck ...