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What’s triggered the latest violence in Ethiopia?
Tigrayan forces say they are in a ‘full-blown war’ with the army.
![Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali faces a new armed alliance that includes the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and six other groups [File: Sergei Bulkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26264469792656-1790168591.jpg?resize=770%2C433&quality=80)
![The charred remains of a tank lie on a road near Gereb Agew, southern Tigray, after clashes between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), on March 3, 2026 [File: Abel Gerezgiher/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AFP__20260923__C93W39E__v1__HighRes__FilesEthiopiaTigrayConflict-1790167123.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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![In this Friday, May 7, 2021 file photo, fighters loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) walk along a street in the town of Hawzen, then-controlled by the group, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia [Ben Curtis, AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AP21223403299422.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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