{"id":1320,"date":"2025-11-06T12:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2025-11-06T12:49:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:49:47","slug":"tigray-fighters-enter-ethiopias-afar-region-stoking-fears-of-new-conflict-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1320","title":{"rendered":"Tigray fighters enter Ethiopia\u2019s Afar region, stoking fears of new conflict | Conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia\u2019s federal army.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 6 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">6 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1318\">Ethiopia\u2019s Afar region has accused forces from neighbouring Tigray of crossing into its territory, seizing several villages and attacking civilians, in what it called a breach of the 2022 peace deal that ended the war in northern Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1318\">Between 2020 and 2022, Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF) against Ethiopia\u2019s federal army and left at least 600,000 people dead, according to the African Union.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p data-start=\"1320\" data-end=\"1656\">In a statement released late on Wednesday, Afar authorities said TPLF fighters \u201centered Afar territory by force today\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1320\" data-end=\"1656\">The group, which governs the Tigray region, was accused of \u201ccontrolling six villages and bombing civilians with mortars\u201d. Officials did not provide details on casualties.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1658\" data-end=\"1784\">\u201cThe TPLF learns nothing from its mistakes,\u201d the Afar administration said, condemning what it described as \u201cacts of terror\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1786\" data-end=\"2102\">The conflict earlier this decade also spread into neighbouring Ethiopian regions, including Afar, whose forces fought alongside federal troops.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2104\" data-end=\"2459\">According to Afar\u2019s latest statement, Tigrayan forces attacked the Megale district in the northwest of the region \u201cwith heavy weapons fire on civilian herders\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2104\" data-end=\"2459\">The authorities warned that if the TPLF \u201cdoes not immediately cease its actions, the Afar Regional Administration will assume its defensive duty to protect itself against any external attack\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2461\" data-end=\"2685\">The renewed fighting, they said, \u201copenly destroys the Pretoria peace agreement\u201d, referring to the deal signed in November 2022 between Ethiopia\u2019s federal government and Tigrayan leaders, which ended two years of bloodshed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2687\" data-end=\"3018\">While the fragile peace had largely held, tensions between Addis Ababa and the TPLF have deepened in recent months. The party, which dominated Ethiopian politics from 1991 to 2018, was officially removed from the country\u2019s list of political parties in May amid internal divisions and growing mistrust from the federal government.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3020\" data-end=\"3305\">Federal officials have also accused the TPLF of re-establishing ties with neighbouring Eritrea, a country with a long and uneasy history with Ethiopia. Eritrea, once an Italian colony and later an Ethiopian province, fought a bloody independence war before gaining statehood in 1993.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3307\" data-end=\"3569\">A subsequent border war between the two nations from 1998 to 2000 killed tens of thousands. When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018, he signed a landmark peace deal with Eritrea, but relations have soured again since the end of the Tigray conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia\u2019s federal army. 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