(MENAFN- Gulf Times) A few months ago, farmer Belete Melke was sheltering from a heavy downpour in a remote village in Ethiopia's Amhara region when suddenly gunfire erupted around him. "We were ...

A few months ago, farmer Belete Melke was sheltering from a heavy downpour in a remote village in Ethiopia's Amhara region when suddenly gunfire erupted around him. "We were caught in the crossfire," ...

Ethiopian workers set up new tents in the newly established Awulala refugee camp, near Maganan, 80 km from the Sudanese border in Ethiopia's Amhara region, on February 28, 2024. [AFP] A few months ago ...

Northern Amhara is Ethiopia's second most populated region, with roughly 23 million inhabitants, and has endured nearly three years of conflict between the federal army and the 'Fano', Amhara's ...

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 ...

Addis Ababa, December 4, 2025— A permanent peace agreement has been signed between the Amhara National Regional State and Amhara Fano Popular Organization (AFPO). The agreement was signed by Arega ...

We are living in an age of autocrats — leaders who sit at varying points along a spectrum of repression and violence. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is among this malevolent list — not widely ...

Addis Ababa, October 5, 2025 (ENA)—Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh emphasized that the Amhara Region has been working industriously to achieve peace and prosperity. Speaking at the inauguration ...

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 ...

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This November, a 20-year-old man from the Amhara region of Ethiopia — forced to drop out of school by the ongoing civil wars in Africa’s second-most populous nation and become a second-hand wool ...