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Tigray rebels shatter Ethiopia's fragile truce with lightning offensive, raising fears of a wider war

From the Newshound archive · first published 23 September 2026 · last updated 26 September 2026.

Ethiopian Airlines suspended all flights to Mekelle, Axum and Shire on Wednesday as Tigrayan rebel forces seized an airport in northern Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Airlines suspended all flights to Mekelle, Axum and Shire on Wednesday as Tigrayan rebel forces seized an airport in northern Ethiopia.

A lightning rebel offensive has shattered the ceasefire that ended Ethiopia's devastating Tigray war, plunging the country back toward full-scale conflict. Fighting has reignited in northern Ethiopia, threatening to drag in neighbouring Sudan and Eritrea. The renewed violence has raised urgent warnings that the region faces its worst crisis in years.

Analysts warn a wider regional war is now a genuine risk if Eritrea or Sudan are drawn into the renewed fighting.

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