Explainer: Why Renewed Fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray Risks a Regional War
After months of tension, fighting has erupted in northern Ethiopia between federal troops and a rebel alliance headed by Tigrayan forces, according to a Reuters explainer published by The Straits Times.
On the surface, the clashes look like the revival of the 2020-2022 civil war that pitted the Tigray People’s Liberation Front against federal troops, the report said, as it assessed the risk of a wider regional conflict.
Source: The Straits Times · The Straits Times
