Intensifying conflict in northern Ethiopia
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Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian Federal Government
Tigray, Afar, and Amhara regions, Ethiopia
September 2026
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TPLF rebels have seized airports in Tigray and launched attacks into Afar and Amhara regions. Ethiopian army claims to have killed 272 Tigrayan fighters in a counter-offensive. The conflict threatens the 2022 peace agreement that ended a war which killed over 600,000 people.
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