A few months ago, farmer Belete Melke was sheltering from a heavy downpour in a remote village in Ethiopia's Amhara region ...

Before he was a rebel, Asres Mare Damte was a lawyer. Today he fights for the Fano, a loose collection of groups taking on Ethiopia’s military in one of its most populous and powerful regions. The ...

Fresh fighting erupted in the second-biggest town of Ethiopia’s turbulent Amhara region as militiamen clashed with the military over government plans to disarm local forces. Fighters from a militia ...

Addis Ababa, December 6, 2025 (ENA)—The Amhara Fano Popular Organization (AFPO) announced that it will fight forces engaged in harming Ethiopia's national interest alongside the government. Members of ...

Ethiopia has taken a significant – though fragile – step towards easing one of its most volatile internal crises with the signing of a peace agreement between the Amhara Regional State Government and ...

The fighting in Ethiopia’s second-most populous region in early August lasted a week and saw members of an Amhara nationalist militia called the Fano sweep into urban centres. Flights were suspended ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's army said on Friday its troops had killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes in the northern Amhara region, as fears have ...

The U.S. is calling for an investigation into an alleged massacre of civilians in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, where a local rights group says more than 80 people were killed last week following clashes ...

Ambassador Biruk Mekonnen Demissie responds to a photo essay about the Fano insurgency in the Horn of Africa We appreciate the Guardian’s coverage of Ethiopia and the Amhara region. Accurate and ...