HUMANITARIAN FEARS GROW AS CIVILIANS FACE RENEWED SUFFERING: AFAR AND AMHARA BECOME NEW BATTLEFIELDS
ETHIOPIA: NORTHERN FRONT DESCENDS BACK INTO WAR Northern Ethiopia is once again witnessing intense conflict as fighting between federal forces and Tigrayan forces has escalated dramatically. Tigrayan leaders have declared that the situation has become a "full-blown war," marking the most serious breakdown of the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement that ended the devastating Tigray war. Reports indicate clashes across Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions, with both sides accusing each other of triggering the new violence. [dawn.com] , [aljazeera.com] The renewed fighting is raising fears across the Horn of Africa because the previous conflict killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions, and created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Communities that were only beginning to recover now face the prospect of renewed destruction, displacement, and economic collapse. International organizations are urgently calling for restraint before the conflict spirals beyo...