Israel has announced it's evacuated in a special flight over 200 of its citizens and Ethiopian Jews from two cities in the Amhara region affected by recent violence and moved them to the country’s capital Addis Ababa. In a statement Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’d directed the evacuees to be moved out of combat areas and that they would leave for Israel. Relative calm continues to be reported in the biggest cities in the Amhara region amid recent intense clashes between the army and local militias. Meanwhile the US and the UK have joined hands with three other countries - Japan, Australia and New Zealand - to express concerns over deteriorating security in Ethiopia. A joint statement released on Friday says recent violence in the country’s Amhara and Oromia regions “have resulted in civilian deaths and instability".

Source: Ethiopian News August 13, 2023 15:57 UTC