Fighting breaks out in western Tigray as Ethiopia and TPLF trade blame
Fighting has erupted in western Tigray, marking a significant breach of the 2022 peace agreement between the Ethiopian federal government and the TPLF. Both sides have traded blame for the escalation, raising concerns about the stability of the region.
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The collapse of the peace deal threatens to reignite a major conflict in the Horn of Africa, impacting regional security and humanitarian conditions.
Clashes near Sheraro mark one of the most serious threats yet to the fragile 2022 Pretoria peace deal.
x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info [Al Jazeera] By Faisal Ali Published On 1 Aug 2026 1 Aug 2026 Fighting has broken out in western Tigray, in one of the most serious breaches yet of the three-year-old peace deal between Ethiopia’s federal government and fighters in the northern region.
Tigray’s regional government said in a statement from Mekelle, the Tigrayan capital, that federal forces opened the assault at dawn on Saturday, advancing from the direction of Shererina, near the Sudanese border.
Abraham Belay, a government minister who led Tigray’s transitional government during the war, confirmed the clashes but accused Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) chairman Debretsion Gebremichael’s forces of starting them.
“Enough war! Let us resolve our differences through dialogue,” he said in a post on Facebook.
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