“My husband and my two children were killed on their way to church,” a resident of Bahir Dar city
Although the absence of traffic on the mostly empty road due to the circumstances, some people ventured out to church. Come and collect them!”According to Abeba’s account, her husband and their two children were killed not far from the neighborhood. The city of Bahir Dar, having experienced such devastating loss of life and destruction, is now in a state of mourning. The decision by the federal government to integrate the regional special forces into the federal army has led to significant unrest and protests in the Amhara region. The government said on Wednesday that six major towns in the Amhara region had been “liberated” after days of fighting between the army and local militias.
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August 14, 2023 20:37 UTC
Obituary: Tom Nichol
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August 14, 2023 19:01 UTC
Ethiopian air strike in Amhara region kills 26, injures dozens
An Ethiopian military airstrike on a crowded town square in the country’s northern Amhara region killed 26 people and injured dozens on Sunday, according to the Associated Press (AP). The rights group said that the Ethiopian army killed protestors including civilians who attempted to block roads in some cases. It added that the Amhara regional administration officials at various levels have been the target of attacks, resulting in the temporary collapse of local state structures in many areas and killings of government officials. Humanitarian assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Amhara region has been interrupted due to the conflict and the blocking of roads. The fighting in the Amhara region is the latest in a series of conflicts that have erupted in Ethiopia in recent years.
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August 14, 2023 18:41 UTC
Ethiopian Parliament to decide on state of emergency in Amhara
Last August 4, following a letter from the president of this regional (northern) state, Yelikal Kefale, requesting the federal government to intervene and ‘implement the necessary legal framework’ to control the deteriorating security crisis, the Council adopted this decision, the Ethiopian News Agency recalled. The General Directorate of the State of Emergency, a structure put in place when the state of emergency was declared, confirmed last Thursday the recovery of peaceful conditions in Bahir Dar, Debre Markos, Debre Birhan, Lalibela, Gonder and Shewa Robit. The armed groups in Fano were offered the opportunity to surrender and hand over their weapons to the national security forces, however, they rejected the proposal and chose violence. According to the report, the population in general rejected the vandalism and insecurity last week and supported the government troops, the latter concentrated on capturing the members of the group described as extremist and restoring citizens’ peace. mh/abo/mem/nmr
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August 14, 2023 18:28 UTC
26 killed in airstrike at Ethiopia's conflict-torn Amhara region amid state of emergency
Two residents said that the airstrike targeted a truck that was carrying civilians returning from delivering food to the Fano militia fighters. Ethiopia had declared a state of emergency in the Amhara region after a reported surge of violent clashes between a regional ethnic militia and the military. A disputed plan to absorb regional forces into the national army has flared violence in Amhara, along with attempts to dismantle the Amhara militia called Fano. Authorities are now carrying out mass arrests of people in the Ethiopian capital amid the unrest in the Amhara region, say lawyers and other witnesses. (with AP inputs)ALSO READ | Ethiopia declares state of emergency in Amhara after surge in violent clashes between regional forces, armyLatest World News
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August 14, 2023 18:16 UTC
Air Strike Kills At Least 26 in Ethiopia's Amhara
An air strike has killed at least 26 people in Ethiopia’s embattled Amhara region, a hospital official and a resident told AFP on Monday, as the region continues to be rocked by deadly clashes. The strike on Sunday marked the deadliest reported since clashes between members of the Ethiopian army and a local militia known as Fano erupted in towns and cities across Amhara after months of tensions. “We’ve so far received 55 injured patients out of which more than 40 are gravely injured," he added, speaking anonymously over safety concerns. A resident who arrived shortly after the strike told AFP he had “helped in the burial of bodies of 30 victims". He said he saw “a medium sized freight vehicle had been completely destroyed in an air strike with dead bodies strewn around the vehicle".
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August 14, 2023 18:13 UTC
At least 26 killed in suspected air strike in Ethiopia's Amhara region
At least 26 people were killed in a suspected airstrike in Ethiopia's Amhara region. A suspected air strike at the weekend in Ethiopia's Amhara region killed at least 26 people, a hospital official said on Monday, as a state-appointed rights group detailed widespread killings of civilians since fighting broke out this month. The suspected strike hit the town centre of Finote Selam on Sunday, said the hospital official, who asked not to be named for security reasons. The hospital official said four people died at the hospital and another 22 either at the scene or on their way to hospital. In Addis Ababa, the capital, there have also been widespread arrests of civilians of ethnic Amhara origin, it said.
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August 14, 2023 18:13 UTC
At least 26 civilians killed in drone strike in Ethiopia's Amhara region
According to health professionals, a drone strike in a town in Ethiopia's Amhara region resulted in the deaths of at least 26 civilians. The attack happened on Sunday in the Amhara region of Ethiopia's West Gojam Zone's centre town of Finote Selam. Amhara militia known as Fano fought alongside federal troops against Tigrayan forces during the two-year war that ended last November in the Tigray region. The commission also said that civilians were subject to beatings and killings in many areas of Bahir Dar, the capital city of the Amhara region. The Ethiopian government announced the arrest of 23 individuals in relation to what it called illegal activities last Friday, 10 days after declaring a state of emergency in Amhara, VOA reported.
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August 14, 2023 18:11 UTC
Ethiopian airstrike on town square in the restive Amhara region kills 26, health official says
By Associated PressNAIROBI, Kenya: An airstrike on a crowded town square in Ethiopia’s restive Amhara region killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 55 others, a senior health official said Monday, days after authorities asserted that calm had been restored in the area. The other lawyer, citing police sources, said 3,000 people had been arrested in Addis Ababa. The federal government said only 23 people have been arrested under the state of emergency in Addis Ababa. The other lawyer, citing police sources, said 3,000 people had been arrested in Addis Ababa. The federal government said only 23 people have been arrested under the state of emergency in Addis Ababa.
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August 14, 2023 18:00 UTC
Ethiopian airstrike on town square kills 26: official
An airstrike on a crowded town square in Ethiopia's restive Amhara region has killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 55 others, a senior health official says. Local militia members have been clashing with Ethiopia's military over efforts to disband them, and last week the military retook key Amhara towns by force.
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August 14, 2023 17:01 UTC
Five reasons why Ethiopia is at war with itself, again
To our dismay, however, fighting escalated last week in the Amhara region. There are five main reasons why the country found itself on a war path for the umpteenth time. Territorial AmbitionsSecond, when the war in Tigray began in November 2020, the first to act were the Amhara special forces and militias. At the war’s outset, the Amhara forces took over the territories in and around Welkait and Raya from the Tigray region. Members of the special forces were given the option to join either the police or the army, or return to civilian life.
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August 14, 2023 16:56 UTC
Tigray faces “worst” locust invasion, requests international help
The Tigray Interim Administration has called for urgent assistance to combat what it says is possibly the worst desert locust invasion in recent memory, threatening the region. Getachew Reda, in a tweet posted today, appealed to the people of Tigray, the federal government of Ethiopia, and the international community to help address the “colossal challenge” posed by the locust invasion. According to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), over 253,300 people with 33,000 hectares of land covered by crops in the Southern Zone of Tigray are at risk of locust infestation and loss of crop production. - Advertisement -Locust swarms that originated in Tigray have also spread to neighboring areas. On August 4th, OCHA reported sightings of solitary adult locusts affecting five woredas or districts in the Afar Region—Abaala, Euwa, Kunneba, Megale and Yalo.
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August 14, 2023 15:54 UTC
Ethiopian Airstrike on a Town Square in the Restive Amhara Region Kills 26, Health Official Says
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An airstrike on a crowded town square in Ethiopia’s restive Amhara region killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 55 others, a senior health official said Monday, days after authorities asserted that calm had been restored in the area. This time, “there has been widespread arrest of civilians who are of ethnic Amhara origin,” the rights commission said. One lawyer said he visited seven schools and police stations last week where “hundreds” of people were held. The other lawyer, citing police sources, said 3,000 people had been arrested in Addis Ababa. The federal government said only 23 people have been arrested under the state of emergency in Addis Ababa.
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August 14, 2023 15:48 UTC
At least 26 dead in Ethiopia explosion amid intensifying conflict
(CNN) — At least 26 people have been killed in an explosion in the town of Finote Selam in northwestern Ethiopia, amid heavy fighting between government forces and a local militia group. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) expressed “grave concern” over heavy fighting between the two groups beginning August 3 “following months of tension and sporadic clashes,” it said in a statement Monday. The Ethiopian government declared a six-month state of emergency in the Amhara region on August 4 after days of clashes. The United Nations “called on all sides to respect human rights and take steps to deescalate the situation,” noting that “previous states of emergency have been accompanied by violations of human rights” in a statement Friday. CNN has reached out to the federal government, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, and the Amhara regional government for comment.
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August 14, 2023 15:48 UTC