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Tigray rebels push into Afar as Ethiopia blames neighbours

The TPLF advanced toward Afdeera after taking Erebti, with at least 150,000 people feared displaced in Afar alone. The offensive targets the Djibouti corridor, through which almost all of Ethiopia's international trade flows, giving the rebels potential leverage over the federal government.

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00:02fighting in the north of ethiopia continued to rage over the weekend raising fears of a return
00:08to a 2020-2022 war in which an estimated 600 000 people died heavy clashes have resumed between the
00:16tigray people's liberation front and the federal government since wednesday the tplf has seized
00:23airports 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 abhi ahmed the headquarters of
00:34tigray tv seen as the key outlet for the rebel authorities in the tigrayan capital mekele
00:40was hit by a drone on sunday meanwhile ethiopia's army commander on sunday accused egypt eritrea
00:46and sudan of backing armed groups fighting its troops in the north of the country the tplf has
00:52joined forces with six other armed groups around the country in what it dubbed the ethiopian's
00:58people's forces alliance for survival aiming to overthrow abhi's government and install a
01:03transitional administration
01:04you

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