Fresh Tigray fighting tests Ethiopia’s fragile peace deal
New fighting in and around Ethiopia’s Tigray region is testing a 2022 peace agreement and raising fears of a return to civil war, DW reported. Experts warn that new alliances among former enemies could push the conflict into a more dangerous phase. The available material gives no casualty or displacement figures.
Fighting has resumed in and around Ethiopia’s Tigray region, raising concerns about a possible return to the country’s civil war, DW reported. The clashes are testing Ethiopia’s fragile 2022 peace deal. The agreement had been intended to end the conflict, but the latest violence has renewed uncertainty about its durability.
Former enemies are forming new alliances, according to the report. Experts cited by DW warned that these alignments could move the conflict into a more dangerous phase. The supplied material does not identify the groups involved in the new fighting, state where the clashes occurred in detail or provide casualty and displacement figures.
It also gives no account of any official response.
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