Ethiopia and Tigray accuse each of launching offensives, fuelling fears of new war
Addis Ababa and Tigrayan forces traded accusations of launching new offensives.
TL;DR
- Ethiopia and Tigray accused each other of launching offensives, fuelling fears of a new war, BBC reported.
- Al Jazeera reported that Ethiopia warned of 'destruction' as Tigray rebels launched an offensive.
- The competing accounts had not been independently reconciled at the time of collection.
Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan forces accused each other of launching offensives, fuelling fears of a new war, BBC reported. [1]
Al Jazeera reported that Ethiopia warned of 'destruction' as Tigray rebels launched an offensive. [2]
Why it matters
Renewed fighting between Addis Ababa and Tigray would reopen a conflict the region has only recently emerged from, with humanitarian and regional-security spillovers across the Horn of Africa.
Editor's note
Each side's claims are reported as made and were not independently verified; casualty figures and front-line positions were not in the collected data.