Overview
- Afar’s regional administration said TPLF fighters crossed into Megale district, seized six villages, and opened heavy fire on civilian pastoralists.
- Officials described the move as a violation of the Pretoria accord signed in 2022 and warned they would take defensive action if attacks continue.
- AFP said it could not independently verify the claims, while a humanitarian source confirmed the attacks and displacement and reported no confirmed casualties.
- The TPLF had not responded to requests for comment, and the humanitarian source said clashes had ended by late Wednesday.
- An Ethiopia specialist warned the country has been on a “path to war” as relations worsen, with the TPLF banned from politics, federal funds to Tigray curtailed, and Addis Ababa alleging links to Eritrea.