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🇪🇹 EthiopiaPoliticsStory: Tigray crisis in EthiopiaPublished · Updated

52 civilians killed in fighting in Tigray

By , based on Nile Post

Map: Tigré, Ethiopia

Fighting has intensified in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, killing 52 civilians. A medical staff member gave the toll to the BBC, which reported on the escalation of clashes and their impact on civilians.

At least 52 civilians have been killed in three days of intense fighting around Alamata, in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, according to hospital sources cited by the BBC. Government forces appear to have retaken the town from regional fighters and to be seeking to advance towards Mekele, the main city in Tigray.

Images posted on social media show army tanks in the streets of Alamata. The clashes began after several months of tensions between the Ethiopian government and the party that controls Tigray, each accusing the other of violating the 2022 agreement that ended two years of civil war. Fighting has also affected neighbouring regions, while 33 tourists remained stranded for a week in Lalibela, a Unesco World Heritage Site. The clashes come as Ethiopian and Tigray authorities accuse each other of launching offensives.

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In figures · Ethiopia

Conflicts in Ethiopia

In October 2026 : 837 reported deaths (+32%) · Tigray : 122 · 1.9 million internally displaced ·

Source: ACLED, via HDX HAPI
Deaths (12 months)01–910–4950–149150–399400–9991,000 +
05001,000Nov 25Feb 26May 26Aug 26Nov 26
Source: ACLED, via HDX HAPI — ACLED counts the deaths reported by public sources: actual tolls are often higher.

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Fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has pushed tens of thousands of refugees into Kenya, at the Moyale border.

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  3. 3 NovTPLF claims to have killed 500 soldiers near Aksum
  4. 2 NovTigray administration to resume public salary payments
  5. 1 NovEthiopia: more than 750,000 displaced people from Tigray still await return
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