Chronicling the conflict in Amhara region
(aka, security? we don't know her)
Here’s a simple way to track every edition of Sifter that has included updates on the security situation in Ethiopia’s Amhara region.
Table of Contents
I. Background on the conflict in Amhara region
II. Federal troops take back two major cities
III. Amnesty’s call on rights violations
IV. The region’s president resigns
V. UN releases a report on casualties
VI. Searches and civilian arrests
VII. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission releases a report
VIII. Ongoing fighting
XI. Another round of heavy fighting
XII. Fano fighters set inmates free
XIII. Drone attacks in the region
XV. State of emergency extended
XVI. Extra-judicial killings in Merawi
XVII. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission report on Merawi
XVIII. On the drone strike in Sasit town
XIX. Fighting in Bahir Dar (the regional capital)
XX. Warning: this may escalate into a civil war
XXI. Human Rights Watch report on Merawi
XXII. State of emergency comes to an end
XXIII. Yet another assassination
XXIV. Mobile data is back on
XXV. Amhara elders killed by Fano fighters
XXVI. Humanitarian workers are being killed
XXVII. Sudan closes its border
XXVIII. Challenges to getting humanitarian aid across
XXIX. Hundreds of arrests
XXXI. The arrest of judges
XXXII. Civilians caught in the crossfire
XXXIII. As arbitrary as detentions go
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