Clashes erupted in the second-largest city of Ethiopia's tumultuous Amhara region as militiamen clashed with the military over the government's intentions to disarm local armed groups.

Dawit Hailu a 30-year-old farmer from a remote area near Abdurafi town in, northwest Amhara, recalls the difficulties he faced in accessing healthcare "I knew the risks of snakebites and was aware of ...

The United Nations human rights office says at least 183 people have been killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region since July as Amhara fighters resist efforts by the federal government to ...

The Ethiopian military summarily executed several dozen civilians and committed other war crimes on January 29, 2024, in the town of Merawi in Ethiopia’s northwestern Amhara region.

Once hailed for its rapid economic growth and growing regional influence, Ethiopia now finds itself in the midst of a deepening crisis. Armed conflicts, a worsening humanitarian emergency, and ...

Amhara is Ethiopia’s second most populous region, with more than three times as many people as Tigray, and parts of Amhara lie just about 50km (30 miles) from Addis Ababa, the capital.

A destroyed tank sits by the side of the road south of Humera, in an area of western Tigray annexed by the Amhara region during an ongoing conflict in Ethiopia, on May 1, 2021.

NAIROBI, Kenya - Authorities in Ethiopia's Amhara region on Thursday asked the federal government for help, as a local ethnic militia clashed with federal security forces, halting some flights to ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An airstrike on a crowded town square in Ethiopia’s restive Amhara region killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 55 others, a senior health official said Monday ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Thursday asked the federal government for help, as a local ethnic militia clashed with federal security forces, ...

Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers is declaring a state of emergency in the country’s Amhara region after authorities pleaded for help as clashes intensify between regional forces and the military.

Violent unrest is escalating in Ethiopia's Amhara region as federal security forces clash with a local ethnic militia, leading the deputy prime minister in an unusually outspoken statement to call ...