Government of Amhara Region information

The government of Amhara Region is composed of the executive branch, led by the President; the legislative branch, which comprises the Regional Council;...

The Amhara Region (Amharic: አማራ ክልል, romanized: Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (Amharic: የአማራ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት), is a regional...

The War in Amhara is an armed conflict in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia that began in April 2023 between the Amhara regional forces along with the Fano...

Since the 1990s, the Amhara people of Ethiopia have been subject to ethnic violence, including massacres by Tigrayan, Oromo and Gumuz ethnic groups among...

2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état against the Amhara Regional government on 22 June 2019, during which factions of the...

Bahir Dar, capital of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. NAMA was created in June 2018 in Bahir Dar to defend the interests of Amhara people in Ethiopia,...

Amhara nationalism is a form of ethnic nationalism and political movement that advocates the interests of Amhara people in Ethiopia, asserting Amhara...

inhabiting parts of the northwest Highlands of Ethiopia, particularly inhabiting the Amhara Region. According to the 2007 national census, Amharas numbered 19...

supporters of Ethiopian nationalism and its diaspora, especially the previously dominant Amhara, who feared it would decentralise government and induce...

serving as President of Amhara Region since 2023. On 25 August 2023, he succeeded Yilkal Kefale amidst security crisis in Amhara Region following clashes...

interest of Oromia by utilizing social services and natural resources of Addis Ababa. It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the...

owned by the Amhara Region government in Ethiopia. AMC was established in 1993. During 2017–2020, AMC had about 400–500 employees. Amhara Mass Media Agency...

The Amhara Association of America (AAA) (Amharic: የዐማራ ማህበር በአሜሪካ) is a non-profit organization based in Charlotte, North Carolina, focused on advocating...

state of emergency was declared on 4 August 2023 by the Ethiopian government in response to severe conflict and instabilities in Amhara Region after the...

November 2020, Amhara Region Special Forces and Amhara militias loyal to the Amhara regional government took control of the western zone of Tigray in order...

politician who is Minister of Revenue since 2021. He was acting President of Amhara Region from 23 June 2019 after the assassination of then-President Ambachew...

Oromia region and the Oromia Zone in the Amhara region, which resulted in dozens of people killed and thousands displaced. The Oromia Zone in the Amhara region...

densely populated of the 11 regional states. Tigray is bordered by Eritrea to the north, the Amhara Region to the south, the Afar Region to the east, and...

(which later became the Amhara National Democratic Movement, representing those from what is now known as the Amhara region of the country) and the Oromo...

across the Amhara Region erupted following governments' announcement to disband the Amhara Regional forces. Prosperity Party has been accused of enforcing...

militia and the Ethiopian government breaks out in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara Region. 15 March – The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) encounters...

The Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) (Amharic: አማራ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ, romanized: āmara dēmokirasīyawī paritī), originally known as Amhara National Democratic Movement...

served as the president of Amhara Region from 2021 to 2023. He was elected as president on 30 September 2021 by State Council of Amhara proposed by the ruling...

the language policies of previous governments in Ethiopia. Amharic is recognised as the official working language of Amhara Region, Benishangul-Gumuz, Southern...

factions of the security forces of the region attempted a coup d'état against the regional government, during which the President of the Amhara Region, Ambachew...