Ethiopia recently ramped up its defence capabilities after inaugurating weapons facilities that will produce ammunition and unmanned drones. Videos circulating on Facebook are being shared with a ...

"The ENDF (Ethiopian National Defence Force) has taken control of the towns of Shire, Alamata, and Korem without fighting in urban areas," Ethiopia's government information service said in a ...

The Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) gained control on Tuesday of the centre of Gondar, Amhara's second-biggest city, and entered the holy town of Lalibela on Wednesday after militiamen ...

O n the High Instructions of His Majesty the King, Supreme Commander and Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of National ...

Clashes between Fano militiamen and the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) continued over the weekend. Residents of Gondar, Amhara’s second-biggest city, ...

Ethiopian soldiers killed about two dozen civilians earlier this week in the Amhara region during house-to-house searches after being attacked by militiamen who have been battling federal forces ...

They had little choice in the end, the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) had taken TPLF strongholds in Tigray, and encircled the regional capital Mekelle.

FILE - Soldiers with the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) travel on a truck near Aykel, on a road that connects Gondar to the Sudanese border in Ethiopia's Amhara region, on Feb. 27, 2024.

Today, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces consist of roughly 200,000 personnel, making it one of the largest militaries in Africa, and, in the eyes of U.S. policymakers, a force for stability.

Ethiopia's military has pushed local militiamen out of two major towns in the Amhara region, residents said on Wednesday, in its first major battlefield breakthroughs since fighting erupted last week.

Spokespeople for the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), the federal government and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment on Friday.