From lawyer to guerilla fighter


Fano militia members patrolling the Sangi livestock market, Amhara region, northern Ethiopia. — AP

BEFORE he was a rebel, Asres Mare Damte was a lawyer.

Today he fights for Fano, a loose collection of groups taking on Ethiopia’s military in one of its most populous and powerful regions.

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