Ethiopia’s government on Thursday dismissed allegation its soldiers massacred scores of civilians last month in the country's restive Amhara region as the West is demanding an investigation into the killings. A rebellion broke out in Amhara — Ethiopia’s second-biggest province — last year when the government moved to dissolve regional forces and absorb them into the federal army. Rights monitors have documented a range of human rights abuses by government forces during the conflict, including alleged extra-judicial killings. The two sides began fighting even before the Tigray conflict ended in November 2022 with a peace deal. Amhara is now under a state of emergency that suspends civil liberties and gives extra powers to the security services.
