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Fighting in Ethiopia Intensifies as Tigray Conflict Shatters Peace Deal

AI SUMMARY

Renewed fighting across northern Ethiopia shatters the 2022 Pretoria Agreement as federal forces and allied groups clash with TPLF rebel forces.

Government forces and the Tigray Peace Force captured the strategic town of Alamata after days of fighting.
Renewed hostilities between the federal government and the TPLF have shattered the November 2022 Pretoria Agreement.
The TPLF launched a major offensive last week, seizing three airports in Tigray and pushing into the Afar and Amhara regions.
A drone strike hit the headquarters of Tigrai TV in Mekelle on Sunday.
TPLF forces seized the strategic town of Erebti in the Afar region, threatening vital import supply routes from Djibouti.
Doctors Without Bodies reported a sharp surge in wounded patients at hospitals in Korem and Alamata.
An estimated 150,000 people have been displaced since the latest fighting began.
The TPLF recently joined six other armed groups to form the Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Alliance for Survival.
Ethiopian army chief Field Marshal Berhanu Jula accused Eritrea, Sudan, and Egypt of supporting the opposition, allegations that those countries denied.