Ethiopia: Federal forces advance in Tigray [Africanews Today]
Tigray peace forces want to turn the page on the TPLF. Since joining the Ethiopian federal forces, they have claimed to have seized several strategic positions.
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Tigray peace forces want to turn the page on the TPLF. Since joining the Ethiopian federal forces, they have claimed to have seized several strategic positions.
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Pro-government forces have regained control of the capital of Tigray, they said on Sunday, dealing a major setback to the opposition alliance that rules the northern Ethiopian region.
Ethiopian federal forces were in full control of the Tigray rebels' regional capital, a local journalist said on Sunday, while Ethiopia's regional rivals gathered in Egypt to discuss the risk of a wider war.
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Ethiopian federal forces were in full control of the Tigray rebels' regional capital, a local journalist said on Sunday, while Ethiopia's regional rivals gathered in Egypt to discuss the risk of a wider war.
Ethiopian forces seized control of the airport and other parts of Mekelle, the capital of the northern Tigray region, as leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front retreated from the city, a major turning point in the renewed conflict.
Ethiopia’s government forces say they’ve seized Mekelle from Tigray fighters after a week of intense battles.
The rebels have been seen leaving the capital of the northern Tigray region, according to local sources.
Rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in Ethiopia were abandoning their regional capital of Mekkele in the north of the country on Saturday, according to local reports. The TPLF has been fighting against federal forces and pro-government militias since September 23 and launching attacks into neighbouring states, raising fears of an all-out civil war similar to that of 2020-2022.
The tit for tat move on Thursday came after Addis Ababa expelled an Egyptian official, further straining relations between the two countries.
Ethiopia ordered the closure of its embassy in Eritrea and declared 10 Eritrean diplomats persona non grata on Thursday, prompting Asmara to sever all diplomatic ties with its neighbour after overnight blasts heard in Addis Ababa sparked fears about renewed conflict in northern Ethiopia spreading. France 24's Tom Canetti has more.
The diplomatic fallout comes as Ethiopian forces battle rebel fighters across northern region.
Eritrea severed all diplomatic ties with Ethiopia on 1 October 2026, hours after Addis Ababa closed its embassy in Asmara and expelled 10 diplomats. The post Eritrea Cuts Ties With Ethiopia After Embassy Order appeared first on The Rio Times.
Ethiopia and Eritrea broke diplomatic ties on Thursday, accusing each other of stoking internal conflicts as fighting continued in northern Ethiopia. Long-standing tensions between the two neighbours reached a crisis point after heavy fighting broke out last week between Ethiopian forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), raising fears of a return to the devastating 2020–2022 civil war that killed an estimated 600,000 people. Ethiopia accused Eritrea of supporting the TPLF. Addis...
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The conflict is also spreading beyond Tigray, with fighting reported in neighbouring Afar and Amhara regions. Communications remain disrupted, making independent verification of battlefield claims difficult.
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After contagion in the Arabian Peninsula, should the entire Horn of Africa fear a domino effect? Just as Donald Trump’s decision to invade Iran drew the Saudis back to Yemen: did threats over the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb light the fuse in Ethiopia, where last week, unresolved issues between the government and its Tigray region erupted? Could a potential return to civil war draw in regional rivals?
In his address in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV called on all parties involved in the latest episode of violence in northern Ethiopia to engage in dialogue.