Along the highlands of northern Ethiopia, a fragile peace has shattered once more, as Tigrayan forces and the federal government trade accusations of aggression in a conflict that never fully healed. The seizure of airports, drone strikes on a sleeping town, and a new alliance of armed groups signal that the 2022 Pretoria Agreement — forged after a war that claimed an estimated 600,000 lives — has collapsed under the weight of unresolved grievances. What unfolds now in the Horn of Africa is not merely a political dispute but a reckoning with whether peace, when left unfinished, can hold at all
Ethiopia and Tigray accuse each other of launching offensives, reigniting war fears
At least 14 civilians killed and 22 injured in drone strikes on Alamata; previous conflict displaced millions and drove region toward famine with estimated 600,000 deaths.