Beware misinformation on Ethiopia’s Fano militias and situation in Amhara – opinion
Let’s be clear: there is no existential threat posed by the Federal Government of Ethiopia against the Amhara people, writes the author.
By TESFAYE YETAYEH
JUNE 3, 2025 11:41
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A certain individual by the name of Sholomo Molla recently published an article that criticized the message shared on X/Twitter by Ambassador Ervin Massinga, the US Ambassador to Ethiopia.
The writer accused the Ambassador of downplaying what he described as an existential threat posed by the Federal Government of Ethiopia against the people of Amhara. This claim is not only profoundly erroneous but also dangerously misleading.
Let’s be clear: there is no existential threat posed by the Federal Government of Ethiopia against the Amhara people.
The Amhara are the second-largest ethnic group in the country, with 138 seats in the House of Peoples’ Representatives, and they are well-represented in both the executive and judiciary branches of the Federal Government.
Moreover, the Amhara people have their own regional government, exercising their constitutional right to self-governance. The current government is democratically elected, including votes from the Amhara constituencies. Therefore, the notion that the federal government has declared war on its own people is baseless, myopic, and an attempt to incite ethnic division.
Humanitarian crisis in the region perpetrated by Fano militias
The writer also claims that the humanitarian crisis in the Amhara region—including the closure of schools and the collapse of the healthcare system—is a deliberate policy of the federal government to collectively punish the Amhara people.
This is another false and dangerous accusation. The reality is that the humanitarian crisis in the region is a direct result of the lawlessness and banditry perpetrated by the so-called Fano militias.