NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s federal government says it lost control of some districts and towns to militia fighters in the country’s Amhara region during the latest conflict emerging in Africa’s second most populous nation. The federal government has tried to centralize security powers after the end of a devastating two-year conflict in the country’s Tigray region, where Amhara regional forces and militia were key allies of the federal military. Residents said the informal Amhara militia known as Fano now controls Gondar and Lalibela, which are main tourist towns. “You can hear the sound of heavy shooting.”State-run Ethiopian Airlines suspended flights to Lalibela, Gondar and Dessie. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is Ethiopian, said Sunday that the violence in the Amhara region was affecting humanitarian operations.

Source: Ethiopian News August 07, 2023 09:19 UTC