00:03Fighting in the north of Ethiopia continued to rage over the weekend, raising fears of a return to a 2020
00:09-2022 war in which an estimated 600,000 people died.
00:14Heavy clashes have resumed between the Tigray People's Liberation Front and the federal government since Wednesday.
00:20The TPLF has seized airports and launched attacks into the neighboring Ethiopian states of Afa and Amara, saying they were
00:29engaged in a defensive war against the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
00:33The headquarters of Tigray TV, seen as the key outlet for the rebel authorities in the Tigrayan capital, Mekele, was
00:40hit by a drone on Sunday.
00:42Meanwhile, Ethiopia's army commander on Sunday accused Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan of backing armed groups fighting its troops in the
00:50north of the country.
00:51The TPLF has joined forces with six other armed groups around the country in what it dubbed the Ethiopian People's
00:58Forces Alliance for Survival, aiming to overthrow Abiy's government and install a transitional administration.
