The Catalan and Spanish tourists who had been trapped in Ethiopia by the Fano militia uprising in the Amhara region were successfully evacuated. This was confirmed to ARA by the tourists' families. A military helicopter picked them up and took them to the city of Bahir Dar, from where they were then flown to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The group has already booked return tickets to Catalonia. "We don't yet have the flight details, but they will most likely arrive in Spain via a European layover on Monday morning," said Jonás Baños, director of the Kananga travel agency.

"My sister, Núria, is stuck on the road between the cities of Gondar and Bahar Dar," explains Neus from Barcelona. Núria left for Ethiopia on a trip organized by the Barcelona-based agency Kananga at the end of July, but she has been stuck for six days. in the Amhara region (in the northwest of the country) due to the armed uprising of the Fano militia, which in just a few days has seized control of the entire region by force and rebelled against the army. "I've been communicating with my mother by text message for six days now, and they need food and medicine," Núria's daughter, Mar, also explained by phone.