Civilians living along the Amhara-Tigray borderlands say they are being hit by shelling and heavy fighting as Ethiopian Gov’t forces push north toward Mekelle, according to a September 29, 2026 report by Deutsche Welle that gathered eyewitness accounts while internet… Read more ›
Ethiopia’s army chief has said federal forces are answering the renewed northern fighting with “wisdom and restraint” and prefer “strategic calm,” even as analysts warn that the conflict could pull in neighbours and threaten Red Sea shipping routes, according to… Read more ›
A humanitarian source cited by AFP and reported by Euronews and Addis Standard estimated that at least 150,000 people have been displaced in Ethiopia’s Afar region as fighting between Tigrayan forces and the Ethiopian federal government intensified over the weekend… Read more ›
Médecins Sans Frontières said on September 28, 2026 that hospitals supporting people hurt in renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia have taken in a sharp rise in war-wounded patients since September 22, including at facilities that sit close to Amhara communities… Read more ›
Pro-government forces claim they have captured Alamata, a strategic town south of Mekelle in Tigray, the Ethiopian military and allied militiamen said through the pro-government Tigrai Peace Force on Monday, September 28, 2026, according to Reuters reporting carried by ThePrint.… Read more ›
TPLF-aligned Tigray fighters and allied forces reportedly entered Sekota, the administrative center of Wag Hemra Zone in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, on Friday evening, September 25, 2026, as fighting continued to widen across northern Amhara under pressure from Abiy Ahmed’s Regime… Read more ›
A humanitarian source in Afar told AFP that Ethiopian federal forces fought overnight into Friday, September 25, 2026, to keep Tigrayan fighters from entering the mountain border town of Abala, and that the army used a drone during the pushback,… Read more ›
Web monitor NetBlocks said Friday, September 25, 2026, that network data showed a subnational internet disruption in northern Ethiopia matching reports of a telecoms blackout in Tigray, as fighting between forces tied to Abiy Ahmed’s Regime and Tigrayan units continued… Read more ›
TPLF vice president Amanuel Assefa told AFP on Thursday, September 24, 2026, that Tigrayan forces are in a state of “full-blown war” with the Ethiopian federal government, as fighting that began Wednesday spread beyond Tigray into neighbouring Afar and Amhara.… Read more ›
The Ethiopian army said Thursday, September 24, 2026, that it had killed 272 Tigrayan fighters and wounded 260 more in a counteroffensive in North Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, after what the military described as a TPLF assault the… Read more ›
Ethiopian Airlines has cancelled flights to Mekelle, Axum, and Shire after regional forces in Tigray took control of Mekelle’s main airport early on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, according to the state carrier’s notice and reporting by the Associated Press, the… Read more ›
Amhara communities that have already lived through weeks of fighting with Fano forces in many parts of the region now face reports of a fresh northern spillover, after federal adviser Getachew Reda said Tigrayan fighters launched offensives into neighbouring Afar… Read more ›
The United Nations on Monday expressed deep concern about Ethiopia’s worsening security situation, including the formation of a new coalition of armed groups and reports of continued insecurity and drone strikes, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters at the daily briefing… Read more ›
Fighting between Amhara Fano forces and units working with Abiy Ahmed’s Regime continued across a wide stretch of the Amhara Region during the week of September 14 to 20, 2026, according to a weekly conflict update from the Amhara America… Read more ›
The Ethiopian Media Authority announced on September 21, 2026, that it had indefinitely suspended Tigrai TV, also known as Tigray TV, and told other Ethiopian digital, broadcast, and print outlets not to rebroadcast, cite, or use the station’s content while… Read more ›
Amhara Fano National Movement chair Zemene Kassie fronted a late Sunday announcement in which seven Ethiopian armed and opposition groups said they had formed a joint alliance aimed at removing Abiy Ahmed’s government and putting an inclusive transitional administration in… Read more ›
Dagne Wale’s newest official lyrics video, Addis Ababa | አዲስ አበባ, went live on his YouTube channel on 17 September 2026, and within about a day it was already climbing international YouTube trending lists while passing roughly 800,000 views. The… Read more ›
Chinese Embassy Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Sun Mingxi told reporters in Addis Ababa that Ethiopia was the “champion” of the recent New Delhi BRICS summit, as Abiy Ahmed’s Regime highlights diplomatic wins abroad while war and northern tensions continue at home.… Read more ›
The Ethiopian National Defense Force says nearly 300 fighters linked to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front surrendered along the Tekeze corridor on September 18, handing over more than 280 weapons as Abiy Ahmed’s Regime presses a military message while northern… Read more ›
The International Finance Corporation says Ethiopia’s recent macro fixes are easing old barriers to private investment, even as Abiy Ahmed’s regime pairs that praise with a New Year sales push for mega-projects and 1.5 million homes. In remarks carried by… Read more ›
Abiy Ahmed’s regime marked the Ethiopian New Year with a clemency wave that freed more than 600 federal prisoners, including National Movement of Amhara (NaMA) parliamentarian Christian Tadele. State and rights-commission messaging cast the move as an early delivery on… Read more ›
At the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 15, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed again cast Ethiopia’s quest for reliable sea access as an economic file, not a battlefield one. In remarks amplified by Fana Media and summarized by… Read more ›
For the week of September 7 to 13, fighting between Amhara Fano forces and units tied to Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party government continued across a wide stretch of Amhara, according to the Amhara Association of America. AAA’s updated September 14… Read more ›
Eritrea’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party government was “actively destabilising the Horn of Africa,” according to reporting relayed by AFP and detailed by regional outlets on September 12–13. Asmara also accused Addis Ababa of harboring,… Read more ›
Internally displaced people sheltering with host communities across Amhara say food aid has gone silent for months, even as Abiy Ahmed’s regime continues to frame the region’s war as a security cleanup. A Deutsche Welle Amharic report, carried in English… Read more ›
Fighting across Amhara has not paused for Addis Ababa’s talking points. Unverified reports say that on September 8, Fano fighters overran federal positions in the Wadla-Delanta-Dawunt area of North Wollo and took more than 150 Ethiopian National Defence Force soldiers… Read more ›
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the first phase of an expanded logistics center in Mojo on September 10, casting the 60-hectare hub as proof that Ethiopia can turn continental free-trade ambitions into concrete cargo capacity. Fana reported him saying the… Read more ›
Since the Fano war began in April 2023, Amhara communities have lived under an air campaign few villages can answer. Conflict trackers at ACLED count 102 federal drone strikes in Amhara over that period — a running total, not a… Read more ›
