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Ethiopia: De-escalate Tensions in Amhara, International Rights Experts Urge
UN News, 10 August 2023
An international human rights body focused on Ethiopia has voiced deep concerns over the worsening security situation in the northwest of the country, particularly in the Amhara… Read more »
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Ethiopia: 'Govt Exerting Efforts to Overcome Security Problem in Amhara Region'
ENA, 5 August 2023
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Ethiopia: How Years of Tension in Amhara Boiled to the Surface
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Ethiopia: Council of Ministers Green Lights State of Emergency Declaration in Restive Amhara Region
Addis Standard, 4 August 2023
Ethiopia's Council of Ministers (CoM) in its 23rd regular meeting has this morning passed a unanimous decision for a declaration of a state of emergency in the restive Amhara… Read more »
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Addis Standard, 2 August 2023
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Calls to De-Escalate Tensions In Ethiopia's Amhara Region
An international human rights body, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts whose focus is on Ethiopia, has voiced deep concerns over the worsening security situation in the northwest of the country, particularly in the Amhara region, the UN News Service reports.
The follows a meeting of Ethiopia's Council of Ministers on August 4, 2023, which agreed on a state of emergency in Amhara region, which has been plagued by months-long rising conflict between the military and the Fano militia, Addis Standard reported.
The council said it is "necessary to take emergency measures to maintain public peace and security and to enforce law and order".
In February 2023, renewed ethnic conflict flared up between the Amhara and Oroma regions. This followed on the heels of the Ethiopia government peace agreement with Tigray that ended a 2-year war between government forces and the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front.
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