Ethiopia: Amhara Fano National Movement say they are training an elite commando force in preparation for intensive attacks aimed at overthrowing the current regime
#Ethiopia: Widespread rights abuses in #Amhara region as federal forces move to battle Fano insurgency – the Guardian reveals
Federal forces committed abuses in Amhara region, including kidnappings, massacres, sexual violence and attacks on humanitarian personnel, in an attempt to quell the Fano insurgency in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the Guardian newspaper said in its photographic report.
It added that the situation is out of control, with more than 2 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in a region that is also hosting refugees from the war in Sudan.
According to the Guardian newspaper in its photographic report, the Ethiopian federal army is regularly accused of massacres, arbitrary arrests, sexual violence and drone attacks targeting civilians in Amhara. Civilians interviewed described losing relatives to drone strikes and shelling, further fueling anger at the central government.
The report notes that while the Fano militia initially enjoyed broad community support, worsening insecurity and economic collapse are gradually undermining this trust, with some Fano groups increasingly accused of extorting civilians, particularly at checkpoints.
Once allies of the federal government during the Tigray war, the Fano turned against Addis Abeba after the Pretoria Agreement and the federal decision to dismantle regional special forces, which many Amhara fighters perceived as a direct threat to their security.
Thousands of former special forces personnel subsequently joined the Fano, creating a fragmented armed movement estimated at nearly 20,000 fighters. The Guardian says the Fano now control large rural areas of Amhara, while federal forces are largely confined to major towns, and both sides hold alternating areas of control as fighting intensifies.
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Arbegna Zemene Kassie’s (አርበኛ ዘመነ ካሴ) issued a call for all Fano factions to unite under a single umbrella. He said that the aim was to rapidly remove Abiy's regime and see the formation of a government by all, and for all, Ethiopians
Report that Ethiopian Federal Forces were defeated and captured by the Fano, with their ammunition, in several areas of Gojam, such as in Durbetie and Dembecha
Ethiopia: Fano displays a captured a ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun taken from federal troops in the Kobo area of Wollo in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, one of several ZU-23s said to have been seized from government forces in Gojam
Ethiopia: Fano displays a captured a ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun taken from federal troops in the Kobo area of Wollo in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, one of several ZU-23s said to have been seized from government forces in Gojam
#EthiopiaWatch🇪🇹: Today, I measure Ethiopia's inflation at a PUNISHING 45%/yr.
That's more than 3x the PHONY, INACCURATE official inflation rate of 14%/yr.
PM ABIY AHMED = PHD IN ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT.
#EthiopiaWatch🇪🇹: Today, I measure Ethiopia's inflation at a PUNISHING 45%/yr.
That's more than 3x the PHONY, INACCURATE official inflation rate of 14%/yr.
PM ABIY AHMED = PHD IN ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT.
On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist, the Ethiopian birr comes in as the WORLD'S 3rd WORST currency.
The birr has depreciated by ~27% against the USD YoY.
PM Abiy Ahmed = ARROGANT, CORRUPT, & INCOMPETENT.
#Ethiopia government has arrested health professionals ahead of nationwide strike for demanding better payment, according to BBC.
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The Ethiopian government must immediately release Yonatan Dagnew,President of Ethiopian Health Professionals Association&others detained over the planned healthcare strike across #Ethiopia.Authorities must respect the right to peaceful assembly&stop harassing health care workers.