Tigray refugees flee into Sudan after deadly violence on Ethiopia border

Ethiopian army accused of attacking Tigray forces in Shererina amid escalating tensions at the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

[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.

There are concerns of a full-scale conflict once again as a peace deal has not been fully implemented.

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

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