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What’s behind the crisis in Ethiopia’s Amhara region? A simple guide

Members of special force of the Amhara police stand next to sacks of food during food distribution for internally displaced people from Amhara [File: Eduardo Soteras/AFP]

Fierce fighting broke out last week in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region, just nine months after the end of a devastating two-year war in the neighbouring Tigray region.

Tensions have been rising since April, when the federal government announced it was dismantling regional forces across Ethiopia, triggering protests by Amhara nationalists who said the move would weaken their region.

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