Ethiopia: Hundreds Flee Ethiopia to War-Torn Sudan Following New Fighting in Tigray

[RFI] In Ethiopia, hundreds of people have started to flee to Sudan following Saturday's fighting, when clashes in Tigray pitted federal forces against rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Both sides accuse each other of seeking to trigger a new conflict.

A Sudanese security source in the border town of Hamdayet said arrivals from Tigray included wounded fighters

Hundreds flee Ethiopia's Tigray into Sudan after border fighting

FIGHTING broke out in western Tigray, in one of the most serious breaches yet of the peace deal between the Ethiopian government and rebel fighters in the northern region. The regional government of Tigray, based in the Tigrayan capital Mekelle, accused federal forces of opening the assault at dawn and advancing from t

Clashes near Sheraro mark one of the most serious threats yet to the fragile 2022 Pretoria peace deal.

Clashes between Tigray’s TPLF and the Ethiopian federal army are taking place in a contested area of the northern region, with fears of a renewed war. The last Tigray war, which took place between 2020-2022 left 600,000 dead, and the region has not yet recovered. But mediation attempts from the US and African Union hav