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 […]
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Ethiopia’s Amhara Rebellion: Understanding the Roots of a New Northern Conflict
A year after the devastating war in Tigray ended in 2022, Ethiopia has been drawn into another violent confrontation — this time in the Amhara region. Once allies of the federal government, Amhara militias known as “Fano” have turned their weapons against it, sparking a new insurgency in the country’s […]