On Wednesday evening, the Ethiopian government announced that six towns had been "freed from the threat of bandits": the regional capital Bahir Dar, Gondar, Lalibela, Shewa Robit, Debre Berhan and Debre Markos. "The ENDF (the Ethiopian army, editor's note) has regained ground in many places and controls the big cities," a humanitarian worker based in Dessie, in eastern Amhara, told AFP on Thursday. According to residents interviewed by AFP, the army has taken over the streets of the main cities since Wednesday, after the Fano militias withdrew. In Bahir Dar, the situation was "extremely calm" on Thursday, said a resident, who gave only his first name, Tesfahun, for security reasons. The national company Ethiopian Airlines announced that it had resumed flights Thursday morning, briefly suspended, to two of the four airports in the region, Bahir Dar and Gondar.

Source: Ethiopian News August 11, 2023 10:57 UTC