At least 183 killed in clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region

Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Forces pictured during training in Amhara in September 2021. © Amanuel Sileshi AFP/File

At least 183 people have died in violent clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region since July, according to the United Nations.

"We are very concerned by the deteriorating human rights situation in some regions of Ethiopia," UN Human Rights Office spokeswoman Marta Hurtado told reporters in Geneva.