Ethiopian forces killed around forty fighters from their own side in a drone strike in the insurgency-hit Amhara region on January 15, a nurse and a local official told AFP on Tuesday. The army regularly carries out drone strikes, but the January 15 attack in the Waghemira area hit a pro-government camp, the local official told AFP by phone, speaking on condition of anonymity. A healthcare worker who treated several of the wounded at the scene, Abebaw Zinabu, told AFP that “more than 40” people were killed. An army spokesperson told AFP they had not “received any information” about the incident. According to conflict monitoring group ACLED, at least 669 people have been killed in more than 70 drone strikes in Amhara since 2023.

Source: Ethiopian News January 21, 2026 14:04 UTC