The Ethiopian government, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, is waging war against its own people—specifically, the Amhara. Amhara men, women, and children are being killed and arrested not for their ...

The Fano, a long-standing “self-defence” militia for the Amhara ethnic group, the second largest in Ethiopia, took up arms against the federal government in April 2023 after it tried to disarm ...

Amhara borders Tigray to the south, and the two regions are embroiled in a decades-old land dispute that has become central to the eight-month-old war in Tigray [File: Eduardo Soteras/AFP] NAIROBI, ...

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 ...

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 ...

We can finally say his name: Amir Aman Kiyaro. During the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Kiyaro was instrumental in AP’s coverage, helping the East Africa bureau win several Best of the Week honors ...

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A rare look inside a region still reckoning with the toll of war crimes, even as new conflicts roil the nation. From left, Mekdes, 21, and Tihune, 22, are members of Fano, which is fighting against ...