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Yeneta (Medlot) YouTube journalist April 6, 2023 Abused by Addis Ababa police during arbitrary arrest. Detained Part of mass arrest of Amhara journalists and activists. [1] [54] [12] [25] Abay Zewdu Addis Ababa: Amhara Media Center YouTube channel, editor-in-chief April 6, 2023 Released in bail as of April 25, 2023 Accused of inciting violence ...
During July 2024, Fano began a broad offensive in the Amhara region which enabled it to seize control of rural territories. [3] [2]Fano units in Gondar started attacking the B30 Highway in September after a lull in August and launched an offensive to gain control over the C34 road, [4] which links Amhara to neighboring Sudan.
The War in Amhara is an armed conflict and insurgency in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia that began in April 2023 between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian government.The conflict started after the government attempted to dissolve the Amhara Special Forces and other regional forces as part of a plan to reform and centralize the country's security apparatus, and integrate them into the federal ...
On 22 January 2023, three bishops in Oromia Region diocese led by Abune Sawiros illegally formed 25-episcopate named “Holy Synod of Oromia Nations and Nationalities.” [3] Three days later, the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church excommunicated the group, accusing the Abiy Ahmed government for meddling to the church's affair.
The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC; Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬሽን, romanized: ītiyop’iya birodikasitīnigi koriporēshini), now rebranded as ETV (stylized in all lowercase), is an Ethiopian government-owned public service broadcaster. [3]
A presidential election was held in Ethiopia on 7 October 2024 to elect its next president. [1] Diplomat and outgoing minister of foreign affairs Taye Atske Selassie was elected without contest to a six-year term amid tensions between former president Sahle-Work Zewde and prime minister Abiy Ahmed. [2]
Ethiopia struck Al-Shabaab positions in Somalia from the air in late July and early August. [ 29 ] The ENDF and Somali Region military began to plan a counter-offensive against the Somali insurgents, [ 4 ] and subsequently launched a series of ground and air attacks along the border that inflicted several losses on the rebels. [ 11 ]
The Tigray war [b] was an armed conflict that lasted from 3 November 2020 [a] to 3 November 2022. [45] [46] It was a civil war [47] that was primarily fought in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia between forces allied to the Ethiopian federal government and Eritrea on one side, and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on the other.