The TPLF, Fano militias and Eritrea are redrawing the battle lines in Ethiopia’s north.

A behind-the-scenes look at the rebellion led by Amhara nationalists – from Ethiopia’s second-largest ethnic group – who have seized large swathes of the northern region bearing their name.

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 ...

The Amhara Fano National Movement (AFNM) has rejected Ethiopia's ongoing National Dialogue conference, describing it as a political exercise designed to restore the ruling Prosperity Party's ...

Ethiopian armed forces summarily executed scores of civilians in Merawi, a town in the Amhara region in late January and February amid fighting with Fano militia. Since armed conflict broke out in ...

Ethiopia has taken a significant – though fragile – step towards easing one of its most volatile internal crises with the signing of a peace agreement between the Amhara Regional State Government and ...

Ethiopians in the US protest against attacks by the Ethiopian government in the Amhara region. J. Countess/Getty Images Ethiopia is in the grip of a civil war between federal government forces and the ...

Addis Ababa, December 6, 2025 (ENA)—The Amhara Fano Popular Organization (AFPO) announced that it will fight forces engaged in harming Ethiopia's national interest alongside the government. Members of ...

ADDIS ABABA, March 22 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's army said on Friday its troops had killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes in the northern Amhara region, as fears ...

(Nairobi) – Ethiopian security forces have committed widespread attacks amounting to war crimes against medical professionals, patients, and health facilities in the country’s northwestern Amhara ...