Al Jazeera, The Ethiopian army and the Amhara militia were allies in the two-year civil war against the northern Tigray region.
The conflict has quickly become Ethiopia’s most serious security crisis since a two-year civil war in Tigray region, which neighbours Amhara, ended in November.
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