Fighting Rages in Ethiopia as Civil War Resumes
Rebels seized three airports and widened attacks into Afar and Amhara as internet and phone networks were disrupted, officials and monitors said.
- On Friday, web monitor NetBlocks detected an internet disruption in Ethiopia's Tigray region amid renewed fighting between federal forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front militia.
- TPLF rebels launched a major offensive into neighboring states this week, declaring they are in a "full-blown war" with the federal government, shattering the 2022 peace agreement that had maintained an uneasy calm.
- Residents in Mekelle rushed to shops on Wednesday and Thursday to withdraw cash and secure supplies, with locals expressing "deep fear that banks, telecom networks, electricity and basic goods could be cut off again."
- Analysts observe the TPLF pushing south toward Addis Ababa while coordinating with an anti-government alliance including the Fano militia, as federal forces counter with drone strikes and troop deployments.
- Memories of the 2020-2022 war, which severed communications and caused famine-like conditions for hundreds of thousands, drive current anxieties, though the cause of the latest internet disruption remains unclear.
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In some areas in northern Ethiopia, where federal forces have re-emerged with local militias this week, Internet operations have been disrupted, AP reports.
In the night of Thursday, 24 September, intense fighting was fought by Ethiopian federal forces against Tigray rebel forces in the city of Abala, in the neighbouring regional state of Afar. Federal forces "failed the rebels to enter the city" within massifs marking the border with eastern Tigray.
Internet and phone network disrupted in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region
Sept 25 - Internet and phone networks were disrupted in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray on Friday, after fighting broke out this week between the federal military and Tigrayan forces in the most serious escalation of violence since a 2020-2022 war. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Washington Top NewsResidents of largest city in northern Ethiopia express fear after eruption of fighting
Residents of northern Ethiopia's largest city are living in fear as renewed fighting erupts between federal troops and rebels.
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