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Pope Leo XIV Calls for Dialogue as Tigray Fighting Escalates
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Pope Leo XIV has called for peace and dialogue in northern Ethiopia as renewed fighting between federal forces and the TPLF shatters the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement.
- Pope Leo XIV appealed for peace in Tigray, Afar, and Amhara, urging all parties to choose dialogue.
- Renewed fighting between federal troops and TPLF-affiliated fighters shattered the 2022 Pretoria Peace Agreement last week.
- Rebel forces mobilized for an armed struggle aimed at removing the federal prime minister.
- The pope called on the international community to provide generous and timely humanitarian aid to the region.
- Pro-government forces took control of the strategic southern Tigray town of Alamata on Monday.
- Locals reported heavy shelling in the northern town of Maychew amid ongoing fighting along several fronts.
- Mekelle's Ayder Referral Hospital received 44 critically injured civilians, including 33 children, wounded by shelling between Saturday and Monday.
- At least four people died en route to the hospital from Maychew and Alamata.
- Government forces are pushing north toward the regional capital of Mekelle, following earlier drone strikes and troop build-ups since late 2025.
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