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Distance 55 kilometers! War is closing in on the Ethiopian capital

Published: 2026-07-16 Author:

Last Updated: 2026/07/16, According to local media reports in Ethiopia, fierce fighting broke out between the Fano forces and the Ethiopian Defense Forces and militiamen forming the grand coalition government. Moreover, the battle took place only 55 kilometers from Addis Ababa, the capital of the country. Since the Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency, Amhara

According to local media reports in Ethiopia, fierce fighting broke out between the Fano forces and the Grand coalition government forces formed by the Ethiopian National Defense Force and the militia. And the fighting took place only 55 kilometers from the country's capital, Addis Ababa.

The war in Amhara has been going on for nearly a year since the Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency, and it shows no sign of abating, but is getting worse, with a worrying level of security, causing civilian casualties and other losses.

And, according to reports, the fighting between Fano's forces and the Politics and Law Army began on July 12th, in the town of Kormash town in the Minjar district (Minjar district). According to the deputy director of public relations of the Fano Shao command, they fought with the joint government departments, but the joint government forces shelled towns indiscriminately, so the Fano forces retreated to avoid civilian casualties.

In addition, in the Gondar city area city area of Amhara, there has been fierce fighting in recent days, and there are reports that Farno forces are close to the airport that controls the city. And the guerrilla tactics of Fano's forces in the area have caused obvious damage to the government forces.

Although the federal government has tried to use local militias and riot forces against Fano forces, it has been to no avail, and there are reports that more and more riot forces and militias have defected and joined Fano forces.

The federal government and the National Defense Forces have long claimed to have defeated "extremist forces" in the Amhara region. However, according to local media reports, even if the government forces launched a large-scale offensive in these areas, but did not achieve the desired results, but Fano forces caused a serious blow to the government.

As a result, there are reports that the government leadership in Amhara is changing its position that the war can no longer be sustained. All because of the current suspension of millions of students in Amhara, some medical facilities have been seriously affected, resulting in serious economic losses and civilian casualties in the region.

Under the current situation, civil war may break out again in the future, which will seriously affect the country's economy. Once the civil war breaks out, it may cause losses to the country's infrastructure, production capacity and supply chain, and restrict production and business activities. Including coffee, tourism and other industries have been damaged.

For the coffee industry, which is one of Ethiopia's important industries, coffee accounts for 30% of the country's export earnings, accounting for 35% of the country's export earnings, so the government needs to earn foreign exchange through coffee exports in order to buy weapons, which may increase coffee exports. But the outbreak of civil war may damage some infrastructure or road facilities, and the war may spread to some coffee producing areas, resulting in reduced production and quality. In addition, the civil war broke out, local kidnappings and other incidents often occurred, the security situation is grim, coffee traders reduced the number of local coffee traders, also hindered the development of Ethiopian coffee industry.

In addition, the current export is also a major problem, all due to the Red Sea crisis, Ethiopia's only export port of Djibouti has been blocked. Earlier, MSC, which is responsible for 80 per cent of the port's imports and exports, announced the suspension of Djibouti port operations, which will seriously affect Ethiopia's coffee supply.

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