Tuesday February 3, 2026
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Ethiopian Airlines has resumed flights to the northern Tigray region, an airline official said on Tuesday, days after suspending them following clashes between regional and national forces that had raised fears of renewed conflict.
Ethiopia’s national army fought fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front for two years until late 2022, in a war that researchers say killed hundreds of thousands through direct violence, the collapse of healthcare and famine.
Clashes broke out in disputed western Tigray last week, according to diplomatic and government sources.
On Saturday, one person was killed and another injured in drone strikes in Tigray, a senior Tigrayan official and a humanitarian worker said.
The Tigray war ended with a peace pact in November 2022, but disagreements have continued over a range of issues, including contested territories in western Tigray and the delayed disarmament of Tigray forces.
Reporting by Dawit Endeshaw; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Alexander Winning