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Ethiopia's army says it killed more than 300 Fano militiamen in two days of fighting

A damaged Eritrean military tank seen near the town of Wikro, in Tigray, Ethiopia, on 14 March 2021. REUTERS - Baz Ratner

Ethiopia's army said on Friday its troops had killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes in the northern Amhara region, as fears have emerged of a wider regional war.

The Fano militia fought alongside the army and Eritrean forces in a two-year civil war that pitted Addis Ababa against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the northern region of Tigray.

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