{"id":51609,"date":"2026-06-28T22:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/51609\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T22:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:00:45","slug":"armed-conflict-threatens-ethiopias-ancient-monasteries-france-24-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/51609\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed conflict threatens Ethiopia\u2019s ancient monasteries \u2022 FRANCE 24 English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Armed conflict threatens Ethiopia\u2019s ancient monasteries \u2022 FRANCE 24 English\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZlCeSlCsTmQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nArmed conflict threatens Ethiopia\u2019s ancient monasteries \u2022 FRANCE 24 English<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLake Tana in Ethiopia\u2019s Amhara region was once a tourist hotspot, known for its picturesque shorelines and monasteries dating back to the 14th century. But since 2023, an ongoing war between the Fano militias and federal government forces has scared away the tourists. Cities are subject to shootings and grenade attacks, while rural areas face drone strikes and kidnappings for ransom. Now, the future of these ancient monasteries is uncertain. This report by our correspondent Tom Canetti.<br \/>\n#Ethiopia #Monasteries #Africa<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe to France 24 now: https:\/\/f24.my\/YTen<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 LIVE &#8211; Watch FRANCE 24 English 24\/7 here: https:\/\/f24.my\/YTliveEN<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf0d Read the latest International News and Top Stories: https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Like us on Facebook: https:\/\/f24.my\/FBen<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/f24.my\/Xen<br \/>\nBluesky: https:\/\/f24.my\/BSen and Threads: https:\/\/f24.my\/THen<br \/>\nBrowse the news in pictures on Instagram: https:\/\/f24.my\/IGen<br \/>\nDiscover our TikTok videos: https:\/\/f24.my\/TKen<br \/>\nGet the latest top stories on Telegram: https:\/\/f24.my\/TGen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Armed conflict threatens Ethiopia\u2019s ancient monasteries \u2022 FRANCE 24 English Lake Tana in Ethiopia\u2019s Amhara region was once&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[33,15908,34,22,23,20,21,47295],"class_list":["post-51609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france24","tag-africa","tag-ethiopia","tag-eyeonafrica","tag-france-24","tag-france-24-english","tag-france24","tag-france24-english","tag-monasteries"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116830006315491269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}