00:00Fighting is intensifying in northern Ethiopia, with federal troops pushing further into Tigray after recapturing the strategic town of Alamata.
00:10Hospital sources told the press that at least 52 civilians were killed during three days of fighting around Alamata,
00:18with heavy artillery reportedly striking residential areas and a market.
00:22More than 700 wounded people have also been treated at hospitals supported by Médecins Sans Frontières across Tigray.
00:30Government forces appear to have taken control of Alamata, with clashes reported around Korem, about 100 kilometers south of Michele,
00:39Tigray's capital.
00:40The renewed fighting follows months of tensions between Ethiopia's federal government and the Tigris People Liberation Front,
00:47which both accused each other of violating the 2022 peace agreement that ended the previous war.
00:54The conflict is also spreading beyond Tigray, with fighters reported in neighboring Afa and Amara regions.
01:00Communications remain disrupted, making independent verification of battlefield claims difficult.
