Baye Kengaw

Baye Kengaw
Native name	ባዬ ቀናው
Born	Wegera, North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia
Allegiance	Fano
Years of service	2020–present
Commands	South Gondar Command
Battles / wars	Tigray War War in Amhara

Baye Kengaw (Amharic: ባዬ ቀናው) is an Ethiopian militant commander of Fano militia who leads the South Gondar Command. Since 2023, he is partaking in the War in Amhara fighting against the government force.

Life and career

Baye Kengaw was born in Wegera woreda of North Gondar Zone. He fled to desert in 2001 because of the EPRDF government arrested his family members for their political views. There, he could stayed for four years.

In 2005, the government arrested him for two years and was released in 2006. However, shortly after his release, Baye opted to fight the government for in his desert. After years of Coloniel Demeke Zewdu encirclement by the Federal Police in Gondar in unrest, Baye engaged in resistance along his fighters. In 2020, Baye was returned to the desert. During the onset of the Tigray War in November 2020, Baye fought the Tigrayan forces – who made incursion toward the Amhara region – supporting the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF).

After the war settled by Pretoria Agreement and transitioning to the War in Amhara, Baye engaged fight with the government force in Gondar in August 2023, aligning with the Fano militants. He led the Fano in Gondar operating in the South Gondar, Central Gonder and North Gondar areas.