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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency on 4 August 2023 and sent the military into the Amhara region to engage the ...
News Ethiopia » Amhara » Religion: Thousands gather in Ethiopia’s capital to celebrate a religious festival. Many are thinking of peace
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the capital Thursday to celebrate an annual religious festival distinguished by the lighting of bonfires according to the beliefs of ...
News Ethiopia » Amhara » Religion: Ethiopia’s civil war: what’s behind the Amhara rebellion?
Ethiopians in the US protest against attacks by the Ethiopian government in the Amhara region. J. Countess/Getty Images Ethiopia is in the grip of a civil war between federal government forces and the ...
News Ethiopia » Amhara » Religion: Is Ethiopia at war again? A look at the rebellion in one of its most powerful regions
Before he was a rebel, Asres Mare Damte was a lawyer. Today he fights for the Fano, a loose collection of groups taking on Ethiopia’s military in one of its most populous and powerful regions. The ...
News Ethiopia » Amhara » Religion: Ethiopia forces deploy against Amhara rebels
The Fano, a long-standing “self-defence” militia for the Amhara ethnic group, the second largest in Ethiopia, took up arms against the federal government in April 2023 after it tried to disarm ...
News Ethiopia » Amhara » Religion: Ethiopia’s Amhara crisis: Abiy’s political failures threaten a return to war
The federal government of Ethiopia declared a state of emergency in Amhara region on 4 August 2023. A special session of parliament endorsed this decision, placing the administration of the country’s ...
News Ethiopia » Amhara » Religion: Thousands gather in Ethiopia's capital to celebrate a religious festival. Many are thinking of peace
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — “The importance of the celebration of Meskel to Ethiopians is to have us reflect on the idea of peace," said Berhanu Admass, a church deacon. “This is to have us embrace ...