{"id":456839,"date":"2023-08-01T14:16:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=456839"},"modified":"2023-08-01T14:16:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:16:25","slug":"string-of-towns-in-ethiopias-amhara-region-seized-by-fano-fighters-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/456839","title":{"rendered":"String of towns in Ethiopia\u2019s Amhara region seized by Fano fighters: Report\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A string of towns in Ethiopia\u2019s Amhara region have in recent days been seized by Fano (ethnic Amhara self-defense group) fighters, Mereja.com sources indicate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mereja.com sources indicate the seized towns include Nefas-Mwecha, Maksejnet, Sekela, Amanuel,\u00a0 Gashena and Meqet as well as the Lalibela international airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mereja.com sources indicate fighting is also happening in and around several large cities of Amhara region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Large parts of Amhara region, Ethiopia\u2019s second most populous region are currently under an g Ethiopia government imposed informal communication and information blockade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, information trickling out of the region indicate the armed resistance is gaining popular support across the Amhara region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ethiopian government has so far largely kept silent on the deadly conflict happening in various regions of Amhara region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, on Tuesday, the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) in a rare statement said its taking measures on those entities who it said are undermining the stability of country in the name of \u201cFano\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since April, various parts of Amhara region are experiencing ongoing deadly unrest, as the Ethiopian federal government engages in crackdown against civilians and armed self-defense groups in the country\u2019s second most populous region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concurrent, with the unrest scores of low level, middle level and high level Ethiopian government officials have been killed by unidentified gunmen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the most famous case, an attack by as of yet unidentified gunmen in April killed the Head of Prosperity Party (PP) in the Amhara region, Girma Yeshitila and four other people.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A string of towns in Ethiopia\u2019s Amhara region have in recent days been seized by Fano (ethnic Amhara self-defense group) fighters, Mereja.com sources indicate.\u00a0 Mereja.com sources indicate the seized towns include Nefas-Mwecha, Maksejnet, Sekela, Amanuel,\u00a0 Gashena and Meqet as well as the Lalibela international airport. 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