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Rebel offensive against Ethiopian army stokes fears of return to civil war

Ethiopia / Tigray
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The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) launched an offensive into the Afar and Amhara regions, seizing three airports and towns including Abala and Weldiya, while seven armed groups formed the Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Alliance for Survival to overthrow the government. This escalation, marked by TPLF declaring a "full-blown war" and the Ethiopian army claiming to have killed 272 TPLF soldiers, raises fears of a return to civil war and regional destabilization following the 2022 Pretoria Agreement.
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Fighting escalates after Tigrayan rebels form new coalition aimed at overthrowing Abiy Ahmed governmentThere are growing fears of a return to civil war in Ethiopia after an offensive by fighters from Tigray into the neighbouring states of Afar and Amhara and the formation of a new rebel alliance aimed at overthrowing the government of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed. About 600,000 people died between 2020 and 2022 during a devastating war between the Ethiopian army and the political party and par

Rebel offensive against Ethiopian army stokes fears of return to civil war
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