Ethiopia: UN Voices Grave Concern As Fighting Spreads Across Northern Ethiopia
The UN said airstrikes, drone strikes and a seized airport have disrupted aid and communications as fighting spread across multiple fronts.
- Full-Scale war has resumed between the Ethiopian National Defence Force and the Tigray People's Liberation Front , with federal airstrikes and TPLF airport seizures escalating the conflict across northern regions this week.
- A diverse coalition of ethnic-based opposition movements, including the Amhara Fano National Movement , announced a new alliance on Sunday, with Fano commander Zemane Kassie unveiling the pact on Tigrai TV.
- Reported airstrikes struck five schools in Tigray on September 22, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, while mortar strikes killed civilians in Amhara and armed groups seized aid vehicles.
- Briefing reporters in New York, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the organization is "particularly troubled by reports of the use of drones as well as incidents of harm to civilians." He urged parties to "exercise maximum restraint."
- This cascading conflict arrives with Sudan and the Red Sea aflame, converging with broader Horn of Africa instability; observers warn the 2026 fighting may adopt the intractable characteristics dominating the Sudan war.
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Several British newspapers agreed that renewed fighting in Tigray would bring Ethiopia back to war, amid changing alliances and fears of the spread of the conflict to the Sudan and the Red Sea and threatening the stability of the Horn of Africa.
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Ethiopia: UN Voices Grave Concern As Fighting Spreads Across Northern Ethiopia
The UN said on Friday it remains gravely concerned by the continued deterioration of the security situation across northern Ethiopia, as fighting spreads across multiple fronts and increasingly disrupts humanitarian operations.
The renewed escalation of the Tigray crisis in Ethiopia threatens the wider Horn of Africa and Red Sea region.
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