Leaders in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region are sounding the alarm over a massive outflow of young residents, with regional council members describing the situation as “extremely alarming” during a session held on December 27.
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Amhara Region: Three Years of Fighting Leaves Ethiopian Civilians Trapped Between Warring Forces
Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region has become a humanitarian disaster zone as nearly three years of fighting between federal military forces and local Fano militias continues to claim civilian lives and destroy livelihoods, according to extensive reporting by AFP.
Atrocities Against Humanity: The Crisis Facing Ethiopia’s Amhara Region
A Deepening Emergency Marked by Systematic Violence Ethiopia’s Amhara region has deteriorated into a critical humanitarian emergency marked by systematic violence extending far beyond conventional warfare. Recent reports from multiple districts reveal a calculated campaign of terror targeting civilians, particularly women and girls, through acts of extreme sexual and gender-based […]
Advocacy Group Documents Escalating Violence Against Ethnic Amhara Communities in Ethiopia
AAA Reports Systematic Abuses Across Multiple Regions, Calls for International Intervention!
The Guardian’s Report on Amhara: Understanding the Fano’s Struggle Within Ethiopia’s Deepening Crisis
Image credit: The Guardian. Robin Tutenges’ photo essay in The Guardian provides a rare and intimate look at Ethiopia’s deteriorating security situation in the Amhara region. While the report documents a complex conflict with multiple actors, it unmistakably reveals the profound legitimacy of Amhara grievances and the systemic failures that […]
Amhara Fano National Force Accuses Ethiopian Government of Systematic War Crimes, Including Mass Rape, in Amhara Region
Major Allegations of Sexual Violence and Human Rights Abuses The Amhara Fano National Force (AFNF) has issued a formal statement accusing Ethiopian government security forces, under the Prosperity Party regime, of systematically using rape as a weapon of war in the ongoing conflict in the Amhara region. According to the […]
Bulen District Massacre: Over 50 Civilians Killed in Coordinated Ethnic Attack, Metekel Zone
Renewed Violence Targets Communities in Benishangul-Gumuz, Raising Concerns Over Systematic Ethnic Persecution Over 50 civilians, including women and children as young as five years old, have been massacred in a coordinated attack on Bakuji Kebele in Bulen District, Metekel Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz region on Saturday, November 22, 2025. The attack, reportedly […]
Who Is Fano? A Deep Look Into Amhara’s Armed Resistance
For more than two and a half years, Ethiopia’s Amhara region has been engulfed in a violent confrontation between federal forces and an increasingly organised militia movement known as Fano.
Eskinder Nega: “The Amhara Struggle Is a War of Self-Defense, Not Ethnonationalism”
As Ethiopia’s internal tensions deepen, the Amhara region has become the epicenter of renewed violence. In a recent interview with TRT World’s The Newsmakers, Amhara leader Eskinder Nega, chairperson of the Amhara Fano People’s Organization (AFPO), defended the armed resistance in his region, calling it a “war of self-defense” against […]
ICRC Steps Up Humanitarian Assistance in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region Amid Renewed Clashes
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has expanded its humanitarian operations in Ethiopia’s Amhara region as fighting between government forces and the Amhara Fano armed group continues to cause widespread suffering. The organization has delivered emergency medical aid, facilitated evacuations of the wounded, and conducted visits to detainees […]