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Tigrayan Forces Seize Mekelle Airport, Prompting Ethiopian Airlines Flight Suspensions
- Tigrayan forces seized Mekelle’s Alula Aba Nega Airport from federal police, according to local sources and an airport employee.
- Ethiopian Airlines suspended flights to Mekelle, Shire, and Axum because of the situation in Tigray.
- The takeover followed the Tigray People’s Liberation Front’s formation of an alliance with six armed groups seeking to overthrow Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government.
- The escalation threatens a peace agreement that ended Ethiopia’s 2020–2022 war, which killed hundreds of thousands of people.
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Tigray rebels said Thursday they were in a state of “full-scale war” with the federal government.
Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia effectively shatters peace deal that ended 2022 war - Regional Media News
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia on Thursday effectively shattered a peace pact that ended a devastating two-year war in 2022, with rebel forces mobilizing for an armed struggle they hope will lead to the removal of the federal prime minister. [...]
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