Another war brewing in Ethiopia

An unidentified armed militia fighter walking down a path as villagers flee with their belongings in the other direction, near the village of Chenna teklehaymanot, in the amhara region of northern Ethiopia. — ap

WHEN Ethiopia’s government and rebellious forces from the Tigray region agreed in November to end their conflict, diplomats hailed the peace deal as a new dawn for Africa’s second most populous nation.

For many in the neighbouring Amhara region, who fought in support of federal forces during the war, the deal was something very different – a stab in the back whose failure to account for Amhara concerns portended another war.