Ethiopia's Amhara Region Making Strides toward Peace, Development: Chief Administrator  

Addis Ababa, April 29, 2025 (ENA)— The Amhara region has been currently making strides toward peace and development, Chief Administrator of the region, Arega Kebede revealed.

Chief Administrator Arega spoke with ENA about the region's current situation highlighting the important strides being made towards achieving lasting peace and development.

Arega also recalled that the challenges to peace and security in the region were mainly associated with political extremism and polarized approaches.

Acknowledging political extremism as a major threat to peace and security, the chief administrator noted that the leadership of the region at the time had taken a moderate stance in addressing the problem as expected.

He also pointed out that extremist elements have inflicted human, material, social and psychological harm to the residents of the region, underscoring the multidimensional impacts of political extremism on communities.    

The government has carried out effective activities by engaging the community to bring peace in the region, Arega further explained.

As the residents of the region have recognized the true nature of the extremist group, Arega elaborated that it has marked a critical turning point in order to involve the community in peace initiative efforts.

According to him, the residents of the community are playing their part for lasting peace by standing by the government.

He also explained that the region is currently on a better journey of peace and development than ever before.

The Chief Administrator explained that the government has embarked on solution-oriented approaches to achieve sustainable peace in Amhara, the country’s largest region.

Accordingly, he mentioned that the peace option will remain a priority, underscoring the government’s commitment and its openness for the peace process.

He also reaffirmed the determination of the government to continue to discharge its responsibility by enforcing the law against extremist groups that are working to disrupt the peace in the region, and undermining the call for peace.

The chief administrator called on the people of Amhara region to further strengthen its support to the peace efforts of government.