Conflict in Ethiopia's Amhara kills dozens, rights body says

FILE PHOTO: A Tigrayan Militia member stands next to construction machineries destroyed during the fighting between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) allied with Amhara Special Forces and Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) on the outskirts of Samre, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Dozens of civilians have been killed this month by drone strikes and house-to-house searches in Ethiopia's Amhara region, where authorities have touted security gains since conflict erupted in July, a state-appointed human rights commission said on Monday.

The fighting between state forces and local militiamen, who accuse the federal government of marginalising the region, became Ethiopia's biggest security crisis since the end of a two-year civil war in the neighbouring Tigray region a year ago.