Fighting spread to Addis Ababa and towards the pilgrimage site of Lalibela this week after a seven-group rebel alliance launched attacks on 23 September. Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan are holding a summit in Alamein on Sunday, as all three countries deny Ethiopian accusations that they are backing the rebels.
The Tigray People's Liberation Front has allied with six other armed groups to topple the federal government. Air strikes have already killed at least 14 civilians, and explosions have reached the capital, Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia's army chief alleged outside support for the TPLF offensive, which has expanded into Afar and Amhara since heavy clashes resumed on Wednesday. At least 150,000 people have been displaced in Afar, where rebels seized the town of Erebti on Sunday.
The TPLF has taken control of three airports and announced a seven-group coalition to oust the government. The African Union is calling for de-escalation as the renewed fighting threatens the peace deal that ended a war estimated to have killed 600,000 people.
The TPLF has launched attacks into the Amhara and Afar regions and seized key airports. The earlier war, which ran from 2020 to 2022, killed at least 600,000 people.
The Tigray People's Liberation Front has launched a major offensive into neighbouring regions, seizing three airports and prompting Ethiopian Airlines to suspend flights. Ethiopian forces say they have killed 272 rebels, though the figures could not be independently verified.
The Tigray People's Liberation Front says fighting with federal forces has resumed, with clashes reported in Afar and Amhara. The renewed conflict threatens the Pretoria Agreement, signed in November 2022 to end a war that killed more than 600,000 people.
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