ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's military has pushed local militiamen out of most of Gondar, a large city where intense fighting has raged since clashes broke out across the Amhara region last week, local residents and a militia member said on Wednesday. The military's success in Gondar, Amahara's second-biggest city, is the first major breakthrough for federal forces, who were overrun by Fano militiamen in Gondar and some other towns in the early days of the fighting. A Fano militiaman from Gondar told Reuters that the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), backed by anti-riot police and pro-government militiamen, had pushed the Fano fighters out of the city on Tuesday. A local official in Gondar said the military was "almost in full control of the city". Another Gondar resident said he had seen the military enter the city centre on Tuesday afternoon.

Source: Ethiopian News August 09, 2023 08:55 UTC