Last month, The New Humanitarian visited Gojjam in southern Amhara, one of the centres of the Fano rebellion. It provided a ...

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 ...

It is one of the worst episodes of violence in the Amhara region since last August, when powerful local Fano militias began a rebellion against the government's plans to disarm them. Before then ...

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 ...

The Ethiopian government’s military campaign against the Fano militias in Amhara threatens more turbulence in the country, writes Farouk Hussein Abu Deif The Ethiopian army has launched a ...

“Since fighting began between federal forces and the Fano militia, civilians are once again bearing the brunt of an abusive army operating with impunity.” The human rights abuses in Amhara ...

The United States has voiced concern about growing violence in Ethiopia's Amhara state, scene of an insurgency since last year, the country's top diplomat said late Monday. The Fano, a long ...

PM Abiy Ahmed's government imposed a six-month state of emergency across Amhara on 4 August. The fighting has been fuelled by Fano accusations that the federal government is trying to weaken ...

The latest fighting between Ethiopian National Defense Forces and the Fano militia, which has left several people dead, began after a decision by the army and the Amhara regional government to ...

The United States has voiced concern about growing violence in Ethiopia’s Amhara state, scene of an insurgency since last year, the country’s top diplomat said late Monday. The Fano ...