{"id":499684,"date":"2025-04-07T14:58:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T18:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=499684"},"modified":"2025-04-07T14:58:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T18:58:29","slug":"amhara-fano-operation-unity-intensifies-in-northern-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/499684","title":{"rendered":"Amhara Fano &#8220;Operation Unity&#8221; intensifies in northern Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Amhara Fano\u2019s &#8220;Operation Unity,&#8221; now in its third week, intensified yesterday and today with coordinated offensives across northern Ethiopia\u2019s Amhara region. Fighting erupted in Bahr Dar, the regional capital, alongside Sekela, Lasta, and several other towns. In Wollo, Fano forces struck near towns such as Meket, Woldia, and Dessie, reportedly inflicting heavy casualties on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed&#8217;s forces. Meanwhile, in Gondar, clashes around Dabat and adjacent areas have further stretched government defenses, signaling a push by Fano to expel federal forces from the Amhara region. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u12d5\u1208\u1273\u12ca \u12d8\u1308\u1263 | Mereja TV Daily News &#8211; April 3, 2025<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MerejaTv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MerejaTv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/merejamedia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#merejamedia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fano?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fano<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/amhara?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#amhara<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fw2kZyRKda\">pic.twitter.com\/fw2kZyRKda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mereja TV (@merejatv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/merejatv\/status\/1907832959370969136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fano, a decentralized network rooted in traditional Amhara civil defense, has long served as a grassroots protector of local communities. Its modern resurgence began under the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF)-dominated federal government, which ruled Ethiopia for nearly three decades until 2018. Perceived as a counterweight to TPLF influence, Fano\u2019s role expanded amid ethnic tensions and security vacuums. The group\u2019s momentum surged two years ago when Abiy Ahmed\u2019s administration, after ending the 2020-2022 Tigray War, moved to disarm regional militias\u2014including those in Amhara\u2014sparking widespread resistance. Many in the region saw the disarmament as an assault on their autonomy, galvanizing Fano into a more unified and militarized force. <\/p>\n<p>Launched in mid-March 2025, &#8220;Operation Unity&#8221; represents an evolution in Fano\u2019s strategy. For the first time, forces from Gojjam, Gondar, Wollo, and Shewa have aligned under a shared objective: to challenge the authority of Abiy Ahmed\u2019s Prosperity Party-led federal government. The operation\u2019s name underscores this unprecedented coordination. Each Fano force contributes distinct strengths\u2014Gojjam\u2019s numerical strength, Gondar\u2019s battle hardened fighters, Wollo\u2019s rugged terrain, and Shewa\u2019s proximity to central power\u2014making this a formidable campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Fano forces claim control over 80 percent of the Amhara region, which has pushed Abiy Ahmed\u2019s government to the brink. The federal administration, already strained by economic woes and unrest in regions like Oromia, now faces a dire threat in Amhara, a cultural and political heartland of Ethiopia. As &#8220;Operation Unity&#8221; presses forward, Ethiopia stands at a crossroads, its future shaped by the outcome of this northern insurgency. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amhara Fano\u2019s &#8220;Operation Unity,&#8221; now in its third week, intensified yesterday and today with coordinated offensives across northern Ethiopia\u2019s Amhara region. Fighting erupted in Bahr Dar, the regional capital, alongside Sekela, Lasta, and several other towns. In Wollo, Fano forces struck near towns such as Meket, Woldia, and Dessie, reportedly inflicting heavy casualties on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":499685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5130],"class_list":["post-499684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news","tag-fano"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fano-April-6-2025.jpg?fit=635%2C352&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-25Zq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499686,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499684\/revisions\/499686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}