US EditionEthiopia: As Tigray Clashes Intensify, Locals Stockpile Food and Airline Cancels Flights
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The TPLF, the main political force in the northern region of Ethiopia, reaffirmed its commitment to the peace process despite the attacks. Similarly, the president of the interim regional administration, General Tadesse, called for dialogue. A desire to calm down after several clashes between Tigray forces and the Federal Army last week. Two drone strikes also hit cargo trucks in northern Tigray.
Ethiopia: As Tigray Clashes Intensify, Locals Stockpile Food and Airline Cancels Flights
Fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region this week has raised fears of a return to full-scale war, just over three years after a peace deal ended a conflict that killed more than 600,000 people. Clashes in western Tigray prompted Ethiopian Airlines to cancel flights to the region on Thursday, and residents in the regional capital Mekele to rush to withdraw cash and stock up on food amid growing anxiety.
TPLF supports calls for dialogue after new clashes in Tigray
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front welcomed calls for peace following fresh, violent skirmishes against federal Ethiopian forces this week. New hostilities in contested western Tigray ignited fears of a bloody resurgence in a region already scarred by historical trauma. African Union leaders urged immediate restraint as the drums of war echoed across the fragile, dust-swept plains of Tsemlet. In a formal letter, the opposition group expressed …
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