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Egypt Independent: "War Returns to Tigray as Former Enemies Form New Alliance"
Egypt Independent · 5 hours ago · Read the Full Story on Egypt Independent
AI SUMMARY
Renewed conflict has erupted in Ethiopia's Tigray region, shattering the 2022 peace agreement as Tigrayan forces seize airports and join an alliance with former enemies against the federal government.
- Tigrayan forces seized three federal-controlled airports on Wednesday, while fighting broke out in Amhara and Afar.
- The renewed hostilities have shattered the Pretoria peace agreement signed on November 2, 2022, which ended a conflict estimated to have killed around 600,000 people.
- Tigray's regional government called the fighting a defensive war and claimed federal forces attacked first.
- Getachew Reda stated that the TPLF launched an all-out offensive against government positions in Afar and Amhara.
- ACLED reported that fighting between Tigrayan and federal forces began near the Sudan border on August 1 following months of smaller clashes.
- Ethiopian Airlines suspended all flights to Tigray following the airport seizures.
- On Sunday, the TPLF joined six other armed groups, including the Amhara Fano National Movement and the Oromo Liberation Army, in a new alliance to remove Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.
- TPLF spokesman Michael Asgedom stated that the Pretoria agreement is no longer valid.
- The African Union urged both parties to de-escalate and requested assistance from former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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