US EditionEthiopian Airlines cancels flights to Tigray as fears mount of renewed conflict
Flights to Mekelle, Axum, Shire, and Humera halted due to clashes and security concerns amid rising tensions and contested territory since the 2022 peace deal.
- On Thursday, Ethiopian Airlines suspended flights to Mekelle, Axum, Shire and Humera, sending passengers texts citing `unplanned circumstances`.
- Reports of clashes in Mai Degusha in Tselemti district and new military movements in southern Tigray raised safety concerns, security and diplomatic sources told AFP on Thursday.
- Airport staff in Mekelle were told to take a break, confirmed by Addis Standard and a BBC reporter, while the Mekelle ticket office continued services excluding today’s flights and rescheduled bookings.
- Passenger travel was disrupted as flights between Addis Ababa and northern Tigray were cancelled, intercity buses still operate but face possible disruptions, while humanitarian organisations report up to 80 percent of Tigray's population needs emergency support.
- The Pretoria Agreement has been unravelling as the TPLF recently split into factions and had its licence revoked ahead of June elections, recalling the previous suspension to Mekelle lasting nearly 18 months and an AU envoy estimate of 600,000 killed.
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While violent fighting between the Tigray forces and the Ethiopian Federal Army in western Tigray has taken place in recent days, the local population and interim administration are concerned about a possible resumption of the war, which has killed more than 600,000 people in just two years. In the face of this situation, the Ethiopian Airlines airline has decided to cancel several of its flights to the region.
These tensions, observed in recent days, pose the risk of a resumption of a conflict after the bloody war between 2020 and 2022 between the Ethiopian army and the forces of the Tigray People's Liberation Front.
Will the bloody conflict between the army and the Tigray People's Liberation Front between 2020 and 2022 resume?
Ethiopia: Flights from capital to Tigray cancelled as tenions mount
As fears of a return to conflict mount in Ethiopia, pssenger flights between the capital and cities in the northern Tigray region have been halted. Ethiopia airlines cited 'unplanned circumstances' for the cancellations.
Ethiopian Airlines cancels flights to Tigray region after clashes
Ethiopian Airlines cancelled flights to Tigray on Thursday and residents of the northern region rushed to try to withdraw cash from banks after clashes between regional and national forces raised fears of renewed conflict.
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