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Clashes Erupt in Tigray Region, Fears of New War Arise
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In Short: Fighting has resumed in Ethiopia's Tigray Region, with rebels accusing the federal army of intensifying attacks, raising concerns of a new conflict less than four years after the previous war.
New clashes have erupted in the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia, with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) accusing the Ethiopian federal army of launching an attack, escalating tensions that have grown fears of a new war.
The conflict, which has involved heavy artillery and drones according to TPLF sources, is said to have violated a peace agreement and aimed at 'subjugating and dividing' the people of Tigray.
Residents on the Sudanese side of the border reported hearing explosions and sustained gunfire, with Sudanese medical and local sources indicating that civilians and wounded fighters fled across the border.
While the federal government and army have not issued official statements, a minister confirmed the occurrence of clashes, and the death toll from the weekend's fighting remains unclear, with witnesses reporting aircraft activity and heavy gunfire.
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- The Tigray rebels have said the Ethiopian army launched the attack, accusing it of having “intensified its destructive actions and taken them to a higher level”.
- Fears of a new war have grown less than four years after the end of a bloody conflict between the two sides, the TPLF backed by local militias and the Eritrean army, which left at least 600,000 dead, according to an…
- “The security tensions occurring at the border between Sudan and Ethiopia take place against the backdrop of the fighting between the Ethiopian army and the Tigray fighters in this area,” said Al Jazeera’s Osama…
- Residents on the Sudanese side of the border also reported hearing explosions and sustained gunfire throughout the fighting.
- A member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) said the violence, which continued into Sunday, involved heavy artillery and drones.
- It said the offensive violated the peace agreement and was aimed at "subjugating and dividing" the people of Tigray.
- The federal government and the federal army have not issued an official statement but minister Abraham Belay confirmed that clashes had occurred.
- The death toll from the weekend's fighting was not clear but Sudanese medical and local sources told the AFP news agency that civilians and wounded fighters fled across the border, while witnesses reported hearing…