Ethiopia's Amhara conflict: The forgotten war destroying women's lives

Thousands of women have been raped in Ethiopia’s Amhara conflict, BBC Global Women finds.

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Enat was at home with her eight-year-old niece when the soldiers came one Sunday morning, she says.

The Ethiopian army was carrying out searches of homes in the Amhara region on 5 January this year, as part of a crackdown on a growing rebellion launched by local militias known as Fano.

Enat says three men, dressed in army uniform, entered her home in South Gondar and began asking questions about her family background and whether Fano fighters had visited the beer hall where she worked.

Enat, 21, said they had.