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War has returned to Ethiopia’s Tigray — and former enemies are now fighting together | CNN
Source: CNN | 25 September 2026
[...] The renewed violence this week follows almost two months of smaller clashes. The nongovernmental organization Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) says fighting between Tigrayan and federal forces began near Ethiopia’s border with Sudan on August 1. The two sides also accused each other of starting those clashes.
According to ACLED, federal drone strikes and Tigrayan troop deployments followed, with Tigrayan forces moving tanks and artillery south this month.
[...] Ethiopia is already dealing with armed conflicts in Amhara and Oromia, and ACLED says the federal military was “stretched” before the renewed fighting with the TPLF. But the armed groups in the new alliance vary in their fighting capacity, with several lacking the organization or recruits for wider operations and others largely confined to local areas, according to the conflict monitor. [...]
