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Two suspected members of an Ethiopian regional militia plotting an attack died on Friday along with a civilian during a shootout with police, the authorities said in the capital.
The Fano self-defence militia took up arms against government forces they had formerly supported in the Amhara region a year ago.
In February, parliament extended a state of emergency imposed last August in Amhara — the country’s second most populous region with 23 million people — in an attempt to quell a Fano insurgency which until today had not reached Addis Ababa.
The Fanos and other Amharas felt betrayed by a peace agreement signed in November 2022 by the government and Tigrayan rebels — long-time foes of Amhara nationalists who claim parts of Ethiopia’s northernmost region as their ancestral lands.