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Updated March 2nd, 2025
Overview
For the week of February 24th to March 2nd, 2025, fighting between Amhara Fano freedom fighters (Fano) and Prosperity Party regime joint forces (regime forces) has continued in various parts of Amhara Region in Ethiopia.
This week battle events and rights violations were recorded in more than 42 woreda/city administrations across 11 zonal administrations in Amhara Region. These zones included the North Wollo, South Wollo, North Shewa, East Gojjam, West Gojjam, Awi, North Gojjam, South Gonder, Central Gonder, West Gonder and North Gonder Zones.
Developments were also recorded in 3 woreda administrations across the Horo-Guduru-Wollega and East Wollega Zones of Oromia Region and Addis-Ababa city.
Tigray Region Forces or Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) militants have continued military mobilization in Telemt Woreda (North Gonder Zone).
Developments were recorded in over 3 urban administrations across 2 zonal administrations in Amhara Region. These urban administrations included Kobo, Shewa-Robit, Debre-Birhan and Gonder cities in the North Wollo, North Shewa and Central Gonder Zones.
Civilian casualties were recorded in 17 woreda/city administrations across 6 zonal administrations in Amhara Region. These included Wogdi, Antsokiyana-Gemza, Merhabete, Moretina-Jiru, Sekela, Dembecha, Andabet, Estie, Guna, Gonder, East Dembiya and West Belessa Woredas in South Wollo, North Shewa, West Gojjam, South Gonder and Central Gonder Zones. Casualties were also recorded in Abe-Dongoro and Jardega-Jarte Woredas of Horo-Guduru-Wollega Zone in Oromia Region.
Widespread arrests were recorded in 5 woreda/city administrations across 4 zonal administrations in Amhara Region. These included Kobo, Ambassel, Minjar-Shenkora, Debre-Birhan and Andabet Woredas in North Wollo, South Wollo, North Shewa and South Gonder Zones.
A coalition of opposition parties issued a joint statement condemning a recent declaration from a coalition of Oromo nationalist political parties and affiliates with ties to the ruling Oromo Prosperity Party regime which called for expansion of the Oromia Regional State and forced annexation of several city, district and sub-regional administrations under other regional administrations.
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