Fighting resumes in Tigray between Ethiopian and Tigrayan forces
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Reporter
Fighting broke out on 1 August near Shererina, in Tigray, between the Ethiopian army and Tigrayan forces, close to the Sudanese border. The hostilities resumed during the third week of Ethiopia’s national dialogue, according to the source text.
Fighting broke out on 1 August between the Ethiopian army and Tigrayan forces around Shererina, a town in Tigray near the Sudanese border. The clashes lasted about eleven hours and involved heavy artillery, mechanised units and drones, according to accounts of the fighting.
Hundreds of civilians fled to Sudan before a fragile calm returned. The Ethiopian army and Tigrayan forces accused each other of firing first. The fighting broke out as Ethiopia’s national dialogue entered its third week. New fighting pits the army against the TPLF in Tigray.
