Airstrikes hit northern Ethiopia as govt and rebels clash: Sources
Airstrikes and artillery fire rocked northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region overnight into Monday, aid sources said, in clashes between federal government and rebel forces that have raised fears of wider fighting.
They agreed to coordinate military and intelligence efforts if the conflict escalated to the borders Ethiopia shares with Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia, the sources added, without going into further detail The fighting since September 23 is the worst escalation of violence since a 2020-2022 civil war in Tigray that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths.
LEADERS OF ERITREA, EGYPT, SUDAN, SOMALIA MEET Analysts say the fighting threatens to escalate into a wider conflict, with Ethiopia accusing neighbouring Eritrea and Sudan, and beyond them Egypt, of supporting the armed opposition.
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