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Ethiopia's Tigray rebels have been pushed out of a neighbouring state by a government counter-offensive, a humanitarian source said on Friday, but the conflict has triggered a breakdown in the country ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Government: Tigray rebels push into Afar as Ethiopia blames neighbours
The TPLF advanced toward Afdeera after taking Erebti, with at least 150,000 people feared displaced in Afar alone. The offensive targets the Djibouti corridor, through which almost all of Ethiopia's ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Government: How the fighting in Ethiopia spread beyond Tigray, in maps and charts
Old rivalries, territorial disputes and new alliances are reshaping the conflict in Ethiopia’s north.
News Ethiopia » Afar » Government: Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels seize airports, clash with government forces
Tigrayan forces seized control of airports in the regional cities of Mekelle, Shire and Axum, taking prisoner the small number of federal police officers guarding them, Assefa said. Ethiopian Airlines ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Government: Ethiopia is sliding back toward war – a look at what is driving the fighting and why it matters
Four years after a fragile ceasefire ended widespread conflict in Ethiopia, the region is again slipping back into full-out war. On Sept. 23, 2026, advancing soldiers of the Tigray People’s Liberation ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Government: Tigray rebels seize airport and clash with federal forces as fighting in Ethiopia reignites
TPLF forces took control of Mekelle airport and fought federal troops at two locations in the Afar region, while Ethiopian Airlines suspended flights to three Tigray airports in an apparent collapse ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Government: ‘Weight of responsibility’: Promise and perils of covering Ethiopia’s war
Al Jazeera correspondent shares his experience of covering the fighting between government forces and Tigray rebels.
News Ethiopia » Afar » Government: Tigrayan leaders say new war with Ethiopian government has begun
Forces from the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray launched a major offensive against the federal government on Wednesday, a senior Ethiopian official said, shattering a four-year-old peace deal and ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Government: Seven Ethiopian armed groups announce anti-government alliance
Seven Ethiopian armed groups, including longstanding enemies who fought on opposite sides of a 2020-2022 civil war, said they have formed an alliance aimed at ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Government: Ethiopian pro-government forces claim capture of strategic Tigray town
Fighting since last week shattered four-year-old peace deal Ethiopia accuses neighbours of supporting opposition forces; Eritrea and Sudan deny Strategic town of Alamata is 120 km south of Tigray ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Government: US Envoy Rejects Ethiopia’s Armed Alliance
The US ambassador to Ethiopia sees no “viable path forward” in an armed alliance’s approach, but an Amharic headline quotes words his English text lacks.