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title: "We Spoke to the Amhara Rebels Fighting Ethiopia's Government. Here's What They Had to Say"
description: "Standfirst: Ethiopia’s rebel alliance promised to unite old enemies against Abiy Ahmed. We spoke to a Fano official about how that was supposed to work, and why it hasn’t."
url: https://fronts.co/article/we-spoke-to-the-amhara-rebels-fighting-ethiopias-government-heres-what-they-had.md
canonical: https://fronts.co/article/we-spoke-to-the-amhara-rebels-fighting-ethiopias-government-heres-what-they-had/
datePublished: 2026-10-20T15:09:32.000Z
dateModified: 2026-10-20T15:09:35.000Z
author:
  - name: Wilfred Waimiri
    url: https://fronts.co/authors/wilfred-m-waimiri/
publisher: Fronts
image: "https://media.fronts.co/cdn-cgi/image/width=1200,height=630,fit=cover,gravity=auto,quality=80,format=auto/images/articles/we-spoke-to-the-amhara-rebels-fighting-ethiopias-government-heres-what-they-had-41681cd4.jpg"
type: NewsArticle
language: en
sources:
  - "https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2023/09/26/unresolved-status-western-tigray-ethiopia-peace-deal"
  - "https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/04/06/we-will-erase-you-land/crimes-against-humanity-and-ethnic-cleansing-ethiopias"
  - "https://www.amharaamerica.org/post/aaa-statement-2026-09-24"
  - "https://wazema.substack.com/p/ethiopia-releases-more-than-600-prisoners"
  - "https://martinplaut.com/2026/09/19/the-controversy-over-the-release-of-political-prisoners-under-the-precondition-of-a-guilty-plea-amhara-detainees-reject-the-signing-of-the-document-of-guilty-plea/"
  - "https://www.amnesty.org.uk/knowledge-hub/all-resources/ethiopia-investigation-confirms-scores-civilians-killed-tigray-state-massacre/"
  - "https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/06/crimes-against-humanity-and-ethnic-cleansing-ethiopias-western-tigray-zone"
  - "https://x.com/EthioHRC/status/1331220839983964163"
  - "https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/11/24/over-600-people-killed-by-tigrayan-youth-group-commission"
tokens: 87
---

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Standfirst: Ethiopia’s rebel alliance promised to unite old enemies against Abiy Ahmed. We spoke to a Fano official about how that was supposed to work, and why it hasn’t.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/article/we-spoke-to-the-amhara-rebels-fighting-ethiopias-government-heres-what-they-had/.
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