The disarmament plan triggered sporadic clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region, where some residents fear it might leave them vulnerable to ethnic attacks.

Ethiopia Amhara violence: Why are militias and government forces fighting? A suspected air strike in Ethiopia's Amhara region has killed at least 26 people, a hospital official said.

Fierce fighting broke out last week in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region, just nine months after the end of a devastating two-year war in the neighbouring Tigray region. Tensions have been ...

Nevertheless, the perception took root in Amhara, especially after Mr Abiy then announced plans to dismantle the special forces present in each of Ethiopia's 11 ethnically based regions.

The Amhara are labelled as neftegna, which means a monarchical soldier, despite the monarchy being an institution led by kings from mixed ethnic groups.

The pictures on her phone are all that Ethiopian mother Habtam Akele has left of her three-year-old daughter Saba. The girl died of malnutrition last month before the family was able to flee south ...

Nearly two months after militia fighters briefly seized control of several cities across Amhara, the fate of the region hangs in the balance.

Ethiopian authorities have arrested more than 4,000 people in the northern Amhara region, local state media said on Monday, as part of a wider crackdown against militia fighters, critics and the ...