Ethiopia’s Tigrayan rebels said they had been provoked into launching operations into Afar, a month after announcing a withdrawal from neighbouring regions in the country’s north.
The move comes 14 months since fighting with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government forces broke out.
“Since yesterday morning [January 24], we have been compelled to take robust actions to neutralise the threat,“ the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) said on Tuesday as it referred to pro-government forces in the Afar region, AFP reported.