Leaders of Fano in the Amhara region of Ethiopia have accused the Tigray administration of provoking conflict by intending to relocate hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans to territories that were captured by Amhara fighters during the civil war.
The disputed territories in northern Ethiopia have been a source of tension between Tigray and Amhara since the conclusion of the civil war from 2020 to 2022, during which Amhara militiamen fought alongside the federal government against Tigrayan rebels.
The war resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of individuals. The most severe violence occurred in the regions of Tigray that fall within the southern and western territories as outlined in the federal constitution. Many ethnic Tigrayans were forced to flee, while Amhara fighters established their own governing body.
The conflict between the Amhara community and the TPLF has been ongoing
General Tadesse Worede, the vice president of the interim administration in Tigray, announced on Wednesday that officials from Tigray had reached an agreement with the federal government to complete arrangements for the repatriation of displaced individuals. The deadline for one area is set for June 7, while the other area has until July 7 to finalize the plans.
Combatants in the area will be disarmed and new local governing administrations created, Tadesse said. The federal defence minister has previously pledged to dissolve “illegal administration” in these areas. A federal government spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment about Tadesse’s remarks.
Amhara nationalists say they have a historical right to the land, and leaders of an Amhara militia known as Fano described Tadesse’s comments as provocation.
“They are beating a war drum. We won’t tolerate anyone who would try to impose force and invade,” Beyene Alamaw, a representative of Fano’s branch in the Gondar area, told an online media briefing late on Thursday.
Leaders from three of Fano’s four main branches were represented at the briefing. Last month, in the most significant violence since the end of the war, clashes erupted between armed Amharas and Tigrayans in one of the disputed areas, forcing around 50,000 people to flee, according to the United Nations.
Despite being allies during the Tigray war, Fano militiamen have been battling the army since last July across Amhara.
The conflict has been fuelled in part by a sense of betrayal among many Amharas about the terms of the November 2022 peace deal between the federal government and Tigrayan leaders, which did not settle the status of the disputed areas.
The federal government has pledged to hold a referendum on whether the areas will belong to Tigray or Amhara, a position rejected by Fano.
I and the rest of peace and harmony mongering will be holding the leaders of the TPLF and FANO for any loss of Allah blessed human lives and property destruction if this stupid diatribe leads to another stupid war. ICH should be notified and alerted about these war mongers and ask the court to issue international arrest warrants. That should include the top officials who are currently responsible running that country. Not a single man or a woman should lose his/her life or lose its limbs to fulfill the objectives of these demonic bigots. I wish they were not even born.
The so called is a war criminal against Amhara people and national Army. we Ethiopian will demand justice for the crime against humanity by Tadesse wireframe and Abiy Ahimed.
Mahibrekidusan is a terrorist Amhara political party. It must be dismantled,
Two fugitives, ሊቀ ቴሬሪስት Mulugeta Seyoum and Secretary Memher Wasihun Belay, are criminals on the loose . They need to be taken into custody again. The prosperity party has now fallen victim to those wolves dressing as sheep once more.
Claiming to be a religious group, Mahibrekidusan is a terrorist Amhara political party. It must be dismantled, and all its resources must be allocated to help the poor, displaced people of Oromia and Amhara. All of its resources belong to Oromia.
Mahibrekidusan and zehabesha belogers are an terrorists Amhara political party. It and they must be dismantled,
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Leaders of Fano in the Amhara region of Ethiopia have accused the Tigray administration of provoking conflict by intending to relocate hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans to territories that were captured by Amhara fighters during the civil war.
I and the rest of peace and harmony mongering will be holding the leaders of the TPLF and FANO for any loss of Allah blessed human lives and property destruction if this stupid diatribe leads to another stupid war. ICH should be notified and alerted about these war mongers and ask the court to issue international arrest warrants. That should include the top officials who are currently responsible running that country. Not a single man or a woman should lose his/her life or lose its limbs to fulfill the objectives of these demonic bigots. I wish they were not even born.
The so called is a war criminal against Amhara people and national Army. we Ethiopian will demand justice for the crime against humanity by Tadesse wireframe and Abiy Ahimed.
Mahibrekidusan is a terrorist Amhara political party. It must be dismantled,
Two fugitives, ሊቀ ቴሬሪስት Mulugeta Seyoum and Secretary Memher Wasihun Belay, are criminals on the loose . They need to be taken into custody again. The prosperity party has now fallen victim to those wolves dressing as sheep once more.
Claiming to be a religious group, Mahibrekidusan is a terrorist Amhara political party. It must be dismantled, and all its resources must be allocated to help the poor, displaced people of Oromia and Amhara. All of its resources belong to Oromia.
Mahibrekidusan and zehabesha belogers are an terrorists Amhara political party. It and they must be dismantled,