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Ethiopian Airlines cancelled its scheduled flights to the capital of Amhara, Bahir Dar, in northern Ethiopia due to heavy fighting between the federal army and local militias, known as Fano. The national airline company had stopped since last week its connections to the three other regional airports of Gondar, Lalibela, and Dessie
Ethiopian Airlines cancelled its scheduled flights to the capital of Amhara, Bahir Dar, in northern Ethiopia due to heavy fighting between the federal army and local militias, known as Fano. The national airline company had stopped since last week its connections to the three other regional airports of Gondar, Lalibela, and Dessie. Ethiopian Airlines was the only company that provided domestic connections to the general public. The air connectivity was stopped following the federal government declaring a state of emergency in Amhara, Ethiopia’s second most populous region.
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Amhara forces, including the nationalist Fano militia, were key allies of the government during the war waged against the dissident authorities in Tigray between November 2020 and November 2022. Tensions have re-emerged since April after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that he wanted to dismantle the special forces, paramilitary units created by many regional states over the past fifteen years. The move of the federal government is seen by Amhara nationalists as a step to weaken their region. Since mid-July the fight between federal forces and Amhara nationalists has intensified so much that the foreign missions had issued advisories to their citizens to avoid the region for travelling.
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The United States said it was concerned by the violence in Africa’s second most populous country. The World Health Organization has called for maintaining uninterrupted access to and protection of the health system in Amhara so that it and its partners “can continue to work there”.
The United Nations, in the meantime, said that its first humanitarian convoy reached East Darfur delivering 430 tons of agricultural seed. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the UN negotiated the movement of the trucks from White Nile to EdDaien, the capital of East Darfur. The convoy delivered 430 tons of agricultural seeds provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization, to be distributed to farmers across the state by the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Further humanitarian access is urgently required so that all agricultural areas in Darfur can benefit from the provision of seeds, according to UN officials. It also exhorted all parties to provide farmers access to agricultural lands and ensure their protection as they plant and harvest their crops.
