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Tigray Resumes Daily Life Amid Fears of Wider Conflict
Al Jazeera · 5 hours ago · Read the Full Story on Al Jazeera
AI SUMMARY
While daily life and businesses are gradually resuming in Tigray's capital Mekelle, residents and border communities remain deeply anxious about a wider war and ongoing economic hardships.
- Ethiopian federal forces and allied fighters retook the Tigray regional capital of Mekelle on October 4.
- Businesses and financial services are gradually reopening in Mekelle, but many households continue to struggle with a lack of necessities and delayed salaries.
- Tigray's interim administration announced in March that it could no longer cover monthly salaries for about 137,000 civil servants due to missing federal budget transfers.
- The regional finance bureau reported an 8.5-billion-birr funding shortfall in April affecting salary payments and development projects.
- The Ministry of Education arranged temporary placements elsewhere in the country for students enrolled in Tigray, with over 5,000 returning students applying by mid-September.
- Military movements near the Eritrean border have raised fears of a wider conflict, with reports of troops crossing into towns like Adigrat and Zalambessa.
- Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos accused Eritrea of sending troops up to 60km into Ethiopian territory on October 8 and appealed to the UN Security Council.
- Eritrea denied the invasion claims, calling Ethiopia's accusations a declaration of war.
- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced a six-month caretaker administration for Tigray on October 16 to restore public services and prepare for elections.
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