Reports from the final week of January 2026 highlight a coordinated expansion of the Fano insurgency across the Amhara region. According to documentation from the Amhara Association of America and local news outlets, battle events and rights violations have been recorded in 11 zonal administrations, including North Wollo, South Gonder, and East Gojjam. A significant development this month is the reported unification of various Fano rebel factions, aimed at centralizing their military leadership against the federal government. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation has reached a critical point; the Addis Standard reports that conflict, combined with seasonal flooding and fuel shortages, has paralyzed aid delivery to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons. The federal government has accused neighboring Eritrea of fueling the insurgency by smuggling ammunition to the rebels, a claim that Asmara has denied.