Recently, according to Ethiopian media reports, Fano leaders in the Gojjam area of Ethiopia's Amhara region declared that they vowed to retaliate against government forces for massacring civilians.

According to a statement posted on social media by the head of the political department of the Fano forces in the Gojjam region of Amhara State, the Fano forces were forced to retaliate. The statement also revealed that government troops have been slaughtering unarmed civilians in the area, detaining citizens on a large scale, turning churches and monasteries into military barracks, and destroying and looting farmers' farmland, crops and livestock.

The remarks it published are consistent with reports from local sources and human rights organizations over the past few months. For more than a year, the Fano forces have been fighting continuously with government troops, but even though the Ethiopian government forces deployed drones, combat helicopters and other heavy weaponry, they were still unable to contain the actions of the Fano armed forces, so the government troops began a series of egregious actions in the area, which are said to have caused at least 72 civilian deaths so far.

In addition, the head of the Fano forces accused the government of imposing economic sanctions on the people of the Amhara region and implementing controls and restrictions on some basic goods, especially in the Dembecha and Feres Bet areas, where fierce fighting frequently occurs. The head therefore warned that if the government forces do not stop such actions, the Fano forces will retaliate to make up for their losses and continue fighting on the front lines.

But earlier, the commander-in-chief of the Ethiopian National Defense Force and other senior military commanders held a meeting with officials of the Amhara regional government, after which they declared that the Ethiopian government forces aimed to "completely defeat" the Fano forces by the end of December to end the conflict in the region, otherwise the National Defense Force would withdraw from the region.

Therefore, the security situation in the country remains unpromising at present, especially in Amhara, where the ongoing conflict severely affects the lives of local residents as well as economic development. If Fano forces carry out retaliatory strikes against government troops next, the fighting could intensify. Although the conflict between the two sides is currently concentrated mainly in the Gojjam area, that area is very close to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, and the fighting could spread to the capital.

Moreover, Amhara has long been the country's main grain supply region, but for some time now the state has been under blockade, causing domestic prices in Ethiopia to remain high. In addition, in July this year Ethiopia introduced new foreign exchange reforms, causing the foreign exchange rate to fall sharply and prices in Ethiopia to rise severely, with some prices rising by 50-100%, and according to the latest statistics, Ethiopia's consumer prices in October rose by 16.1% year-on-year.

In addition, the Red Sea crisis continues to affect the country. According to reports, Yemen's Houthi armed forces recently attacked a US Navy destroyer and three other vessels in the Red Sea region. The Houthis stated that this operation used 16 ballistic missiles, one cruise missile and one drone, and all attacks accurately and directly hit their targets.

Moreover, one of the vessels was a container ship owned by shipping giant Maersk, flying the US flag, and this vessel mainly operated between the Port of Djibouti and the Port of Salalah in Oman. However, according to the latest statement released by US Central Command, US vessels successfully repelled various weapons launched by Yemen's Houthi armed forces and protected the ships. But this news also proves that shipping in the Red Sea region still carries considerable danger, and vessels can only choose to continue taking detours, which has also kept shipping prices extremely high.

For Ethiopia's coffee industry, rising prices, a falling exchange rate, and higher import and export shipping costs have all contributed to continuously increasing cultivation costs, and Ethiopian coffee prices have now risen accordingly. According to the latest minimum coffee export floor prices released by the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority, prices have risen across the board by 2%.

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