Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia effectively shatters 2022 peace deal that ended war
The alliance says it will press on after seizing three airports and widening attacks into Afar and Amhara, according to Reuters.
- On Thursday, renewed fighting escalated across northern Ethiopia, shattering the 2022 peace pact as Tigray rebels declared a "full-blown war" following Wednesday's seizure of three regional airports.
- Aiming to overthrow Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the TPLF formed the Ethiopian Peoples' Forces Alliance for Survival with six opposition groups including the Oromo Liberation Army and Amhara Fano National Movement.
- Ethiopia's military reported killing 272 Tigrayan fighters and detaining many others, while Ethiopian Airlines suspended flights to Mekelle, Shire, and Axum following the airport seizures.
- Ambassador Ervin expressed disappointment in the TPLF's "poor decision to launch a large-scale offensive," stating the "unwinnable fight does nothing for the people" as the African Union and IGAD called for de-escalation.
- Escalating hostilities raise fears of a wider regional conflict involving Eritrea, as tensions remain high over Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's push for Red Sea access via Eritrean territory.
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Fighters of the Tigray People's Liberation Front took on Wednesday the three main airports in the area
The secessionist rebels of northern Ethiopia violated an armistice agreed with the government forces four years ago, after attacking and capturing three airports and once again throwing the country with a population of 140 million people into a civil war. The outbreak of fighting accentuates instability in an economically crucial but also devastated region, which begins in the Horn of Africa, crosses the Red Sea and the Arabian Peninsula and ext…
Eye on Africa - Tigray rebels in 'full-blown' war with government
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On 22 August, fighting broke out on several fronts in northern Ethiopia. From the next day, flights to Tigray were suspended.
In the north of Ethiopia, an old conflict has flared up again: the "people's liberation front" of Tigray wants to return to power. Observers warn of a fire in the Horn of Africa. By Karin Bensch.
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