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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.
21–22 July – 2024 Gofa landslides: At least 257 people are killed in two landslides caused by heavy rains that strike two villages in Gofa Zuria, South Ethiopia Regional State. [12] [13] 22 July – Fano's Shewan Chief commander Colonel Asegid Mekonnen surrenders to the Ethiopian security forces. [14] [15]
Mohamed Idris (Amharic: ሞሃመድ ኢድሪስ) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as Minister of Peace since 2024. [1] [2] [3] He was the Director General of Ethiopian Broadcast Authority (EBA) from 2021. [4] [5]
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 ...
2024 Sidama truck crash. At least 71 people are killed and four are injured when a passenger-carrying truck drives off a bridge into a river in Bona Zuria, Sidama Region, Ethiopia. (The Guardian) (Voice of America) English Channel migrant crossings
Ethiopia also says that it will eventually recognize Somaliland's independence, becoming the first country to do so. [ 2 ] 14 January – 2024 Comorian presidential election : Amid an opposition boycott, incumbent president Azali Assoumani wins re-election with 62.9% of the vote and only 16.3% voter turnout.
The Ethiopian flag with no emblem is widely advocated by the Fano militia. Fano is an ethno-nationalist Amhara militia and former protest movement that first emerged in 2010s. . Ideologically Amhara nationalist and Pan-Ethiopianist, Fano has been engaged with several wars and civil conflicts in Ethiopia, and were a major belligerent in the Tigray War and the OLA insurgen
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]