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At least 20 people are killed and another 50 injured in clashes in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
2022-04-20

Voters in Ethiopia's Somali Region go to the polls as part of the larger general election originally scheduled to be held on June 21. Three opposition parties withdrew from the election, leaving President Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party as the sole party to participate.
2021-09-30

Fighting escalates in Ethiopia's Amhara Region as Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) continue their offensive. Federal forces as well as Amharan militiamen are fighting the TDF on three fronts. Clashes are also reported in the Afar Region, to the east, with Ethiopian officials accusing Tigrayan forces of attempting to seize the N'Djamena–Djibouti Highway.
2021-07-29

The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) launches rockets at Bahir Dar, capital of Ethiopia's Amhara Region, raising fears that the conflict could grow into a wider war. Amhara Region authorities report that the "illegal" TPLF group "launched a rocket attack around 1:40 am" but that the attack caused no damage.
2020-11-20

The TPLF launched missiles at Gondar Airport and Bahir Dar Airport in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. A spokesman for the TPLF says, "As long as the attacks on the people of Tigray do not stop, the attacks will intensify".
2020-11-14

Thousands of Ethiopian Muslims march across the country in response to attacks last Friday that saw four mosques and multiple Muslim-owned businesses burned in the Amhara Region.
2019-12-24

The Attorney General of Ethiopia's Amhara Region, Migbaru Kebede, dies after having been wounded during the coup attempt two days earlier. Asaminew Tsige, the general suspected to be behind the coup attempt, had been reportedly killed by security forces.
2019-06-24

An attempted coup in Ethiopia's Amhara state leaves several people dead, including the regional president Ambachew Mekonnen and the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, General Se'are Mekonnen.
2019-06-22

A bus plunges into a ravine in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia, killing at least 38 people, mostly students.
2018-03-13

Seven people die in clashes between security forces and worshippers taking part in an Ethiopian Orthodox religious ceremony marking Timkat (Epiphany) in Woldiya, Amhara, Ethiopia, over the weekend.
2018-01-22