Rest of World News: According to three residents who spoke with Reuters, Ethiopian soldiers have allegedly killed over 50 civilians this week in the town of Merawi in the
Ethiopia’s restive Amhara region has become fertile ground for disinformation since July 2023 when fighting broke out between government troops and a rebel group called Fano. A video shared on Facebook claims to show a US-based journalist announcing that local Fano militia forces have now disbanded. However, this is false: the clip was digitally altered by splicing segments from a news bulletin detailing a September 2023 attack against Ethiopian soldiers in Amhara. Fano fighters remain locked in
Ethiopia's military has pushed local militiamen out of two major towns in the Amhara region, residents said on Wednesday, in its first major battlefield breakthroughs since fighting erupted last week.