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2023 Fano–ENDF Clashes
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 armed forces. This move led to protests and armed resistance by local forces under Fano. Tensions between Fano and the government had been growing for a year before the conflict. Although Fano fighters had allied with the government during the Tigray war, relations soured after the 2022 peace agreement, which Fano viewed as a betrayal. The government, in turn, saw Fano as a growing threat due to its unregulated nature. In early 2023, the government enacted the first stage of its plan to recentralize the Ethiopian security services and moved to dissolve the Amhara regional special forces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian Civil Conflict (2018–present)
The ongoing Ethiopian civil conflict began with the 2018 dissolution of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), an ethnic federalism, ethnic federalist, Dominant-party system, dominant party political coalition. After the Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict, 20-year border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a decade of internal tensions, 2014–2016 Oromo protests, two years of protests, and a 2016–2018 Ethiopian state of emergency, state of emergency, Hailemariam Desalegn Resignation of Hailemariam Desalegn, resigned on 15 February 2018 as prime minister and EPRDF chairman, and there were hopes of peace under his successor Abiy Ahmed. However, Tigray war, war broke out in the Tigray Region, with resurgent regional and ethnic factional attacks throughout Ethiopia. The civil wars caused substantial human rights violations, war crimes, and extrajudicial killings. In March 2018, the EPRDF nominated Abiy Ahmed to succeed Desalegn, and he was made Prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addis Standard
''Addis Standard'' is an Ethiopian monthly social, economic and political news magazine published and distributed by Jakenn Publishing Plc, and was established in February 2011 by Tsedale Lemma, who is also the editor-in-chief of the magazine . The magazine has an independent political stance, and is headquartered in Addis Ababa. Distribution ''Addis Standard'' is distributed in Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ..., Burundi and South Sudan in addition to its native country, Ethiopia. Repression ''Addis Standard'' discontinued its print edition in October 2016 in response to censorship, while continuing to publish online. It resumed a monthly print edition in 2018. During the Tigray War, one of the ''Addis Standard'' editors involved in covering Tigray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yilkal Kefale
Yilkal Kefale Asres (Amharic: ይልቃል ክፍያለ) is an Ethiopian politician who had served as the governor of the Amhara Region from 2021 to 2023. He was elected as president on 30 September 2021 by State Council of Amhara proposed by the ruling party Prosperity Party. He had previously served as head of Education Bureau of Amhara Regional State. Life and political career Yilkal Kefale was born and raised in South Achafer, West Gojjam Zone West Gojjam (Amharic: ምዕራብ ጎጃም) or Mirab Gojjam is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Gojjam. West Gojjam is bordered on the south by the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia .... He won a seat of South Achafer constituency on behalf of Prosperity Party. On 25 August 2023, Yilkal was resigned amidst the conflict in the Amhara Region, citing social, health and family issues. He was replaced by Arega Kebede who led official militia operated by the regional govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Belay
Abraham Belay (Amharic: አብራሃም በላይ) is an Ethiopian politician serving as the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity since 2024. Belay served as the Minister of Defense from 2021. An ethnic Tigrayan, he previously served as the Minister of Innovation and Technology, and as president of the Tigray Region Prosperity Party. Career He serves as a board member of the Ethiopian Roads Authority and the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. Previously, he also served as board chairman of the Ethiopian Communication Authority, Ethiopian Electric Power, the Metals and Engineering Corporation, the Ethiopian News Agency The Ethiopian News Agency ( ''Ye-Ityopya Zéna Agelgelot'' (IZA) or ENA) is the official news agency of the government of Ethiopia. It is the oldest news organisation in Ethiopia. History and Activities Established in 1942 as a national wire n ..., and Ambo University. References 21st-century Ethiopian politicians Addis Ababa University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abebaw Tadesse
Abebaw Tadesse () is an Ethiopian army general and the current Deputy Chief of General Staff of Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), the second most senior position in the ENDF, since 12 November 2020. Military career General Abebaw Tadesse served in various levels of commands and leading the Central Command, which was disbanded and relocated to Southern Command. He carried out a major military operation during the Eritrean–Ethiopian War on the Badme front. He was known for being the only non-Tigrayan general in the Ethiopian Army during the rule of Meles Zenawi Meles Zenawi Asres ( Tigringa and ; ), born Legesse Zenawi Asres (8 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was an Ethiopian politician and former rebel militant commander who served as president of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and as prime minister from 19 ... as he was from the Agaw ethnic group. Abebaw retired from the army in 2018 but was later recalled during the Tigray War and was appointed the deputy Chief of Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birhanu Jula
Birhanu Jula Gelalcha (, born 1965) is an Ethiopian military officer who is the current Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia), Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force since 4 November 2020. He served as the Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from 2014 to 2016. Biography Birhanu holds a bachelor's degree from Alpha University College and a master's degree from Greenwich University, both in Addis Ababa. In 2006, Birhanu worked with the UN Mission in Liberia and held the position of Sector Commander. He has also held various other positions with the army including with the Ministry of Defense (Ethiopia), Ministry of National Defence, the Cadet School and Brigade Operations. From 2006 to 2009, he was the army's Deputy Commander of the Central Command. In 2010, Birhanu was appointed Commander of the Western Command in the Ethiopian Army. Birhanu was appointed as Force Commander of UNISFA on 21 November 2014 by United N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiy Ahmed
Abiy Ahmed Ali (; ; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018 and the leader of the Prosperity Party since 2019. He rose through the ranks of government via the Information Network Security Agency (INSA), which was established in 2006. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict, border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea". Abiy served as the third chairman of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) that governed Ethiopia for 28 years and the first person of Oromo people, Oromo descent to hold that position. Abiy is a member of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly, Ethiopian parliament, and was a member of the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), one of the then four coalition parties of the EPRDF, until its rule ceased in 2019 and he formed his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baye Kengaw
Baye Kengaw (Amharic: ባዬ ቀናው) is an Ethiopian rebel leader of Fano militia who leads the South Gondar Command. Since 2023, he is partaking in the War in Amhara fighting against the government force. Life and career Baye Kengaw was born in Wegera woreda of North Gondar Zone. He fled to desert in 2001 because of the EPRDF government arrested his family members for their political views. There, he could stayed for four years. In 2005, the government arrested him for two years and was released in 2006. However, shortly after his release, Baye opted to fight the government for in his desert. After years of Coloniel Demeke Zewdu encirclement by the Federal Police in Gondar in unrest, Baye engaged in resistance along his fighters. In 2020, Baye was returned to the desert. During the onset of the Tigray War in November 2020, Baye fought the Tigrayan forces – who made incursion toward the Amhara region – supporting the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meketaw Mamo
Meketaw Mamo (Amharic: መከታው ማሞ) is an Ethiopian rebel leader and commander of the Shewa faction of the Fano militia. Life and career Meketaw Mamo was born in Termaber district in North Shewa, Ethiopia. He completed his secondary schooling in Shewa Robit before shifting to business career. There, he had worked in various business roles. During this time, it was reported that Meketaw has not involved in any political and armed struggle until the 2021 Ataye town attacks. Following the attacks, he joined the Fano militia and participated in the Tigray War alongside Ethiopian government forces against Tigrayan rebels. After the Tigray War ended, Meketaw and his associates engaged in persistent armed clashes and insurgency in Shewa Robit. Therefore, he fled the town to neighboring areas. As 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 g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihretu Wodajo
Mihretu "Mire" Wodajo (Amharic: ምህረቱ ወዳጆ) is an Ethiopian rebel leader of Fano militia in the Wollo faction. Since 2023, he is currently allied to Fano as part of War in Amhara. Life and career Mihretu "Mire" Wodajo was born and raised in Raya Kobo. The nickname "Mire" was popular among the Fano groups during the Tigray War. Mire possessed private guns as security force of the government forced him to disarm, leading his exile to Saudi Arabia. While there, he was unable to stay in Saudi Arabia over one year, which was later captured by national police and sent to Ethiopia. Again, he then emigrated to Saudi Arabia after persecuted by EPRDF government until 2018. In 2018, Mire, as wider reforms of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, returned to Ethiopia. At this time, Fano groups reemerged in Amhara Region and Mire forged its structure in his birthplace of Raya Kobo. He was responsible for the formation of Fano groups in Gondar, Gojjam and Shewa. During Tigrayan force incu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zemene Kassie
Zemene Kassie (Amharic: ዘመነ ካሴ; born 14 March 1985) is an Ethiopian politician and the chief rebel leader of the Amhara List of Fano militia factions, Fano militia, List of Fano militia factions, Gojjam command. He is widely regarded as one of the prominent figures of the new Amhara nationalism. Born in Merawi, Ethiopia, Merawi, near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Zemene previously worked in various government positions in the early-2010s. Following disagreements with Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, EPRDF's regional leaders in Amhara, he was forced into exile to Eritrea and joined the Ginbot 7 opposition group in order to counter Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, EPRDF government persecution. He then returned to Ethiopia in 2018 after premiership of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and worked in organizing Amhara youth for political actions in Ethiopia. Zemene organized a Fano faction under the banner of Amhara Popular Force during the Tigray war, Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eskinder Nega
Eskinder Nega (, born 7 November 1969) is an Ethiopian journalist, blogger and politician who has been convicted several times by the Ethiopian government for treason and terrorism. In September 2019, Eskinder founded the Balderas Party and became a chairman thereafter. A war in Amhara broke out after the Ethiopian government decided to unite the regional special forces in Amhara Region in April 2023. He then formed and led Fano's main command named Amhara People's Army since May 2023. Early life Eskinder was born to highly educated parents, his father having done graduate work at Rutgers University and his mother at the American University of Beirut. They eventually divorced and his mother, with whom Eskinder lived, opened a clinic. Eskinder is of Amhara origin. Eskinder attended Sandford School in Addis Ababa. Eskinder moved to the United States in 1980s where he attended college, then studied economics at American University. Career Eskinder returned to Ethiopia in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
