Afar region accuses TPLF fighters of crossing border and seizing villages

Authorities in Ethiopia’s Afar region on Wednesday accused fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of crossing into the region and seizing six villages, marking one of the most serious flare-ups since the end of the northern Ethiopia conflict.

According to the Afar regional government, TPLF forces allegedly launched heavy-weapon attacks in the Tonsa area of Megale district, targeting pastoralist communities. The…