The conflict is Ethiopia’s biggest security crisis since a two-year civil war in the northern Tigray region ended in November. A suspected air strike in Ethiopia’s Amhara region has killed at least 26 people, a hospital official says, as a state-appointed rights group detailed widespread killings of civilians since fighting broke out this month. Ethiopia’s government denies the allegations by Fano, an informal militia that backed federal forces during the Tigray war. The suspected strike hit the town centre of Finote Selam on Sunday, said the hospital official, who asked not to be named for security reasons. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, there have also been widespread arrests of civilians of ethnic Amhara origin, it said.

Source: Ethiopian News August 14, 2023 15:07 UTC