Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia has effectively shattered a peace pact that ended a devastating two-year war in 2022 ...
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Fighting between Tigrayan People's Liberation Front and government forces threatens to restart brutal conflict after four years of fragile peace ...
Fears are growing of a return to war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, just four years after a devastating conflict ended in a fragile peace deal.
Tigray rebels said they were responding to a "full-scale offensive" by the government, which countered that it was the rebels who started the fighting.
Ethiopian President Taye Atske Selassie warned of "forces of destruction" as Tigray rebels launched an offensive.
Heavy fighting in Tigray could herald a wider regional conflict ...
There are fears of a renewed war in Ethiopia after seven armed groups formed an alliance to overthrow the government.
Tigray People's Liberation Forces seized a key airport in the city of Mekelle, as fears grow of a possible return to a full-scale war.
The alliance brings together movements with different enemies, claims and histories as tensions with Abiy rise.
Regional forces in Tigray in northern Ethiopia took control of the airport on Wednesday morning, prompting the state-owned carrier to cancel flights to the troubled region.