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Rumours have recently swirled in Ethiopia claiming that Zemene Kassie, a rebel leader in the Amhara region, has died. A video ...

The Ethiopian government’s military campaign against the Fano militias in Amhara threatens more turbulence in the country, writes Farouk Hussein Abu Deif ...

“They’re God people.” Today, most of the community’s 500 members gather before dawn in the sanctuary adorned with Ethiopian-made icons and start the afternoon with prayers over lunch in ...

Last month, The New Humanitarian visited Gojjam in southern Amhara, one of the centres of the Fano rebellion. It provided a ...