Ethiopia's peace deal breaks as war returns
Fighting started Wednesday in Ethiopia. It shattered a four-year peace. The earlier war killed about 600,000.
Clashes in Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions have broken a four-year peace deal. The earlier war ran from 2020 to 2022 and was one of the century's deadliest.
Combat, famine and collapsed health systems killed around 600,000 people. The renewed fighting involves the Tigray People's Liberation Front joining forces with other armed groups.
They aim to overthrow the federal government. Internet and phone networks have been cut off in Tigray.
People are rushing to shops to buy supplies and withdraw cash. This is like the famine conditions of the earlier war when communications were cut off.
The military says it has dealt major losses to Tigrayan forces. It claims 436 enemy troops were killed and 220 wounded in recent fighting.
- Four years
- Peace duration
- Tigray, Amhara, Afar regions
- Fighting areas
- 436 enemy troops killed, 220 wounded
- Military claims
Why it mattersA region already scarred by Africa's deadliest recent conflict now risks deeper unrest. Humanitarian conditions could return to the famine and disease of the previous war.
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