Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia effectively shatters 2022 peace deal that ended war
- Tigray rebels said they are in full-scale war with Ethiopia’s federal government, according to TPLF Vice President Amanuel Assefa.
- Fighting and heavy artillery attacks were reported in Tigray and the neighboring regions of Afar and Amhara.
- The TPLF said it launched a defensive war after Ethiopian military airstrikes, drone attacks, and ground operations.
- Ethiopian Airlines suspended flights to Mekelle, Shire, and Axum because of the situation in Tigray.
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The Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian Armed Forces, Birhana Jula, stated that foreign States, including Egypt and the Sudan, were providing military assistance to the rebels in the north; according to the commander, without external support, the rebel groups opposing Addis Ababa would not represent a significant force, and he did not provide evidence of the involvement of Cairo and Khartoum in the sponsorship of the rebels, notes RIA News,…
In Ethiopia, tension does not recur: several military fronts are now simultaneously active in several areas of the northern part of the country. A new front opened on Friday around the Tezeke River, in western Tigray.
Eight ethnic gun groups formed an alliance to oust Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
“I am deeply concerned about the recent escalation of hostilities between Ethiopian government forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front,” a UN official said. The post Ethiopia: UN “deeply concerned” about the resurgence of hostilities in Tigray appeared first on in.gr.
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