Hundreds flee fighting in northern Ethiopia as fears rise of return to civil war
Summary
Hundreds of people have fled from fighting in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region into Sudan. Clashes between the Tigray forces and Ethiopia’s federal army resumed near the border, raising fears of a new civil war after a peace deal in 2022.Key Facts
- Fighting broke out on Saturday morning in Shererina, near the Sudan border.
- Both sides, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian government, blame each other for starting the clashes.
- The violence involved heavy weapons like artillery and drones.
- Hundreds of civilians and injured fighters crossed into Sudan seeking safety.
- A peace deal ended a two-year civil war in Tigray in 2022 but was not fully implemented.
- The TPLF regained control of Tigray by removing the interim administration set up in the peace deal.
- There are concerns the conflict could link to the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
- Ethiopian government officials called for peaceful talks to avoid further violence.
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