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War reignites between Ethiopia’s Tigray forces and federal government
Tensions between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopia’s federal government have escalated into large-scale fighting again, with TPLF Vice President Amanuel Assefa saying, “We are in the situation of full-blown war now.”
Fighting between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopia’s federal government has escalated into large-scale war again. “We are in the situation of full-blown war now,” TPLF Vice President Amanuel Assefa said on September 24.
Assefa confirmed that Tigrayan forces were fighting alongside local armed groups in the Afar and Amhara regions. A day earlier, the TPLF reportedly seized control of three airports in Tigray from federal police and launched attacks into neighboring Afar and Amhara.
The Ethiopian National Defence Force said 272 TPLF fighters were killed and 260 wounded in a counteroffensive in Amhara’s North Wollo zone. The airport in Lalibela, known for its UNESCO-listed rock-hewn churches, suspended operations.
Ethiopian President Taye Atske Selassie blamed “forces of destruction and mayhem” for the fighting and said the government had exercised “immense restraint.”
Tigray’s authorities and the federal government signed a peace deal after the 2020-2022 civil war, which killed more than 600,000 people according to African Union estimates. The TPLF has since formed a new alliance with six armed groups opposed to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
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