Ethiopia Accuses Sudan, Egypt of Supporting Tigray Forces as Fighting Escalates
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\nEthiopia\u2019s army chief has accused Sudan and Egypt of backing armed groups fighting federal forces in the north of the country, as renewed clashes with the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF) raise fears of a return to a wider conflict.<\/p>\n
Field Marshal Birhanu Jula said the military was confronting forces \u201csupported and supplied\u201d by external actors, alleging that Sudan, Egypt, and others were involved. Sudan\u2019s military rejected the accusations as \u201cbaseless\u201d and accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of receiving support from inside Ethiopia.<\/p>\n
The fighting between the Ethiopian government and the TPLF resumed this week, reviving concerns over a repeat of the 2020\u20132022 Tigray war, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. The conflict has also been accompanied by reports of drone strikes, civilian harm, and major communication disruptions in Tigray.<\/p>\n
The TPLF has expanded operations into neighboring Afar and Amhara regions, while forming alliances with other armed groups opposed to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed\u2019s government. The escalation has prompted international concern, with the United Nations warning about reports of drone use and possible civilian casualties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ethiopia Accuses Sudan, Egypt of Supporting Tigray Forces as Fighting Escalates —————————– Ethiopia\u2019s army chief has accused Sudan and Egypt of backing armed groups fighting federal forces in the north of the country, as renewed clashes with the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF) raise fears of a return to a wider conflict. Field Marshal Birhanu …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[6231],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"\n