50 militants killed by Ethiopian soldiers in the Amhara region

  At least 50 militants have been killed in fierce clashes between Ethiopian government security officers and a militant gang in the Amhara region, in the north of the Horn of Africa country. The statement of the Ethiopian Defense Force (ENDF) has said, the fighting has been witnessed in the historic city of Gondar, about 700 kilometers north of Addis Ababa, the capital of the country. The statement stated that, the Ethiopian soldiers have succeeded in stopping the attack by the Amhara National Movement (FANO) militants, where 50 of them have been killed. However, the statement issued yesterday Monday by the Amhara National Movement gang has dismissed the statement of the Ethiopian army and claimed that the group has succeeded in arresting dozens of central government soldiers.

The fierce fighting broke out since July between the Ethiopian Armed Forces (ENDF) and the FANO militia over the government's decision to merge regional forces into a federal police or army. Ethiopian soldiers At the end of last month, Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson of the United Nations Human Rights Office said, "We are concerned about the disruption of the human rights situation in some areas of Ethiopia. 183 people have been killed since July in clashes between the army and the FANO group's militia." Recently, the Ethiopian government announced that it has liberated major cities in the Amhara region including Bahir Dar, the regional capital from "rebel militia gangs", after several days of fighting between the central government army and the militias. of that area.