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Ethiopia: Military Executes Dozens in Amhara Region
HRW, 4 April 2024
UN Inquiry Urgently Needed; End Impunity for Abusive Commanders Read more »
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Africa: HRW Calls for UN, AU to Suspend Ethiopian Troops From Peacekeeping Missions
Addis Standard, 4 April 2024
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling upon the United Nations and the African Union to contemplate the suspension of fresh deployments of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF)… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Several Civilians Killed in Series of Attacks in Oromo Special Zone, Amhara Region
Addis Standard, 20 March 2024
Several people have been killed, many others injured in the Oromo special zone of the Amhara region in what local residents described as a series of "coordinated attacks"… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Security Crisis Paralyzes Amhara Region's Mineral Development, Reveals Bureau Chief
Addis Standard, 11 March 2024
The Amhara Mineral Resources Development Bureau has disclosed that the militarized conflict between government forces and a non-state militia, Fano, poses significant challenges to… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Recent Militarized Conflict in Amhara Region Causes Over 15 Billion Birr in Damage
Addis Standard, 8 March 2024
The Amhara Regional Government has disclosed that the destruction of numerous social and economic institutions in recent months, attributable to conflict, resulted in the loss of… Read more »
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Ethiopia: 'Horrific' Civilian Toll As Ethiopia Turns to Combat Drones to Quell Local Insurgencies
The New Humanitarian, 5 March 2024
'The place was littered with body parts of dead people, intact dead bodies, and survivors with missing limbs who were moaning in pain.' Read more »
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Ethiopia: Fighting Resumes Between Ethiopian Government and Militants
VOA, 1 March 2024
Fighting broke out Friday between Ethiopian government forces and members of the Fano militia in Bahir Dar -- the capital of the Amhara region -- according to residents and the… Read more »
'Ethiopian Military Executes Dozens in Amhara Region'
Human Rights Watch has accused the Ethiopian army of killing dozens of civilians and committing other war crimes in the country's northwestern Amhara region. The incident which took place in January is said to be among the deadliest for civilians in the fighting between federal forces and the Fano militia. Laetitia Bader, Deputy Africa Director at Human Rights Watch, said since the fighting began, "civilians are once again bearing the brunt of an abusive army operating with impunity".
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Amnesty International has reported that Ethiopia's National Defense Forces (ENDF) is engaged in extrajudicial executions in Bahir Dar, Amhara, denying families the right to bury ... Read more »
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The Ethiopian government has announced plans to end the territorial dispute between the Tigray and Amhara regions with a referendum, according to the BBC, writes Read more »
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The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has issued a statement outlining severe human rights abuses affecting civilians in Ethiopia's Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, and Read more »
