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Fano ( Amharic: ፋኖ) [1] is an ethno-nationalist Amhara militia and former protest movement. It has engaged in violent clashes throughout Ethiopia in the name of neutralizing perceived threats to the Amhara people.
Sep 26, 2023 · Amhara Fano militia fighters inside a ransacked terminal at Lalibela airport in 2021. (Solan Kolli / AFP) Nearly two months after militia fighters briefly seized control of several cities across Amhara, the fate of the region hangs in the balance. Is Ethiopia on the brink of a new civil war?
- The Africa Report
Nov 8, 2023 · Fano, a militia in the surrounding Amhara region, has been battling the army since it was ordered to disband. Government spokesperson Legesse Tulu has disputed reports of violence in the city,...
Aug 9, 2023 · Fano rebels have been pushed out of Amhara’s second biggest city in significant breakthrough for Ethiopian federal forces. Ethiopia's military was overrun by Fano fighters in Gondar and some ...
Aug 15, 2023 · ADDIS ABABA. Two weeks after irregular militia fighters called the Fano seized several towns and cities in Amhara, Ethiopia’s second-biggest region, the barricades have been cleared from the streets and an uneasy calm has been restored by the federal military.
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Aug 11, 2023 · The ethnic militia, known as Fano, had been allied with Mr. Abiy in his two-year effort to crush rebel fighters in the neighboring Tigray region, but it is now battling the military in an...
Feb 13, 2024 · It is one of the worst episodes of violence in the Amhara region since last August, when powerful local Fano militias began a rebellion against the government's plans to disarm them. Before...
