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The Amhara Regional Special Forces is headed by the commander-in-chief of the Regional Special Forces. In April 2023, the Ethiopian government's plan to dismantle the paramilitary structure of the regional forces and integrate them into the ENDF, Federal Police, and regional police units led to massive protests in the Amhara region that ultimately led to the outbreak of the War in Amhara.
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 ...
Prior to the massacre, Oromia Special Forces had departed from the Gida Kiremu area. [4] News of the massacre was first reported by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission on August 26, stating that OLA-Shane militants attacked civilians in the district of Gida Kiremu, killing Amhara civilians. [5]
Three more Ethiopian regions are sending soldiers to reinforce the national army in its fight against forces from the northern region of Tigray, regional officials said, widening a conflict that ...
The 2022 North Shewa clashes were a series of clashes that broke out between ethnic Amhara Fano militiamen, the Oromo Liberation Army, and the Ethiopian National Defence Forces in the North Shewa zone in the Oromia region and the Oromia Zone in the Amhara region, which resulted in dozens of people killed and thousands displaced.
Amhara forces backed Abiy's federal troops against rebellious forces in northern Tigray when conflict erupted there in 2020. A prominent Ethiopian general critical of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ...
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. Fano carried out ...
The Amhara officials claim the area after the restoration of its people and consequent referendum held. [1] The Amhara militia Fano accused of ethnic massacre against ethnic Oromos and Tigrayans, causing both groups to form the United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces (UFEFCF). [1]