Ethiopia: Tigray Fighting Flares Again

Ethiopia: Tigray fighting flares again

Clashes between the Ethiopian army and Tigrayan forces have led to hundreds of civilians crossing into neighboring Sudan, marking another serious threat to a 2022 peace agreement. Heavy artillery and drones were used during the fighting, which was concentrated in contested western Tigray. Both sides have been amassing troops in recent months and there has been a significant recruitment drive in Tigray, where regional authorities have forcibly co…

After Four Years Of Fragile Peace, Ethiopia Flirts With War Again

On August 1, as Ethiopia’s national dialogue entered its third week, the sound of artillery and drones cast a dark shadow over what was being said in the dialogue’s plenary halls. Fighting erupted before dawn around Shererina, a small town in Tigray near the Sudanese border, between the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Tigrayan forces, including a unit reported to be based across the border in Sudan. The clashes reportedly involved heavy art…