Africa News of Saturday, 2 March 2024Source: theeastafrican.co.keEthiopian government forces battled militiamen on Friday in the capital of the Amhara region, Bahir Dar, the regional administration and residents said, in the first fighting there since the early days of the conflict last year. Government officials have said on several occasions in recent months that the violence in Amhara, the country's second-largest region, is under control. "These extremist groups could not resist the combined strength of the security forces, leaving behind their dead and wounded and abandoning their weapons," it said. A Bahir Dar resident, who asked not to be named for security reasons, said he heard heavy weapons fire from early in the morning. A resident of the town of Merawi, 36 km from Bahir Dar, said there had been fighting there too on Friday but it had also died down.

Source: Ethiopian News March 02, 2024 14:46 UTC