The Federal High Court, Lideta Division, 1st Anti-Terrorism Criminal Bench has sentenced an individual to seven years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him of "defaming the government" and ...

The Amhara Fano, the armed group which has been fighting against the Ethiopian government led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, claims to short down a military helicopter carrying officials over the ...

A helicopter allegedly carrying senior Ethiopian government officials has been shot down by Fano militants in Ethiopia’s ...

Taking a much more conciliatory tone than a now retracted statement, the US ambassador to Ethiopia Ervin Masinga has called ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has accused local business people of supporting armed groups operating in different parts of the country.

In today rsquo;s Ethiopia, ruled by a US backed authoritarian named Abiy Ahmed, things are falling apart. To start with 75% of the country is out of the gover ...

Let’s be clear: there is no existential threat posed by the Federal Government of Ethiopia against the Amhara people, writes the author.

Ethiopia needs honest dialogue, ... In the Amhara region, the Fano, claiming to represent the ethnic Amhara, are at the forefront of a low-intensity insurgency against the federal government.

The armed conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region between the army and paramilitary group Fano has caused many hardships for civilians, including closed schools and hospitals. Footage ...

The word Fano (Amharic) means “volunteer” or “patriot.” Widely regarded within Amhara communities as a heroic force—and rightly so—Fano became extremely active during the Tigray War, ...

BEFORE he was a rebel, Asres Mare Damte was a lawyer. Today he fights for Fano, a loose collection of groups taking on Ethiopia’s military in one of its most populous and powerful regions.