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A brutal conflict in Ethiopia's Amhara region between the federal military and the Fano militia has created a severe humanitarian crisis, largely hidden from global view by internet blackouts and restricted access. Reports of widespread human rights abuses and thousands of deaths are escalating. For Canada, the crisis is a pressing foreign policy challenge, impacting the large Ethiopian-Canadian diaspora and testing Ottawa's commitments to humanitarian aid and international stability. The conflict threatens to further unravel Ethiopia, a key nation in the volatile Horn of Africa, prompting calls for urgent diplomatic intervention.