Ethiopian armed groups anti-government alliance 2026
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Explosions heard in Ethiopia's capital after drone flights banned
Fighting erupted in northern Ethiopia between the army and a newly launched alliance of armed groups including Tigray forces a week before the explosions.
Another resident told the BBC he heard an explosion while playing games with friends and lives in the western suburb of Torhayloch, near the military headquarters.
A resident estimated hearing an explosion in the Gotera neighbourhood around 00:30 local time, 21:30 GMT.
Eritrea severs diplomatic ties with Ethiopia
Eritrea fought alongside the Ethiopian government during the Tigray war.
The chief administrator of the Afar region, Haji Awol Arba, told Al Jazeera that Eritrean soldiers had crossed into Afar to join the alliance's offensive.
Ethiopia declared 10 Eritrean diplomats in Addis Ababa persona non grata and required them to leave the country within 48 hours.
Ethiopia accuses Sudan and Egypt of backing Tigray rebels
The TPLF has allied with six other armed groups around the country in an alliance aimed at overthrowing Abiy's government.
The Sudanese military alleged that the RSF was receiving support from within Ethiopia's territory, including training, supplies and military activity involving drones.
Communications in the Tigray region have been limited since Friday due to major disruptions to phone and internet services reported by telecommunications providers.
Reporting from Ethiopia's Afar front line
Fighting has spread in Ethiopia's Afar region.
Rebel groups formed an alliance to try to oust the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Al Jazeera's Mohamed Tawakul reported near a front line in Ethiopia's Afar region.
Ethiopia's Fano fighters claim capture of army vehicles and weapons
Fighting in Ethiopia has intensified following the formation of a new alliance of seven armed groups seeking to overthrow Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.
Armed fighters from Ethiopia's Fano movement claim to have seized more than 10 military trucks carrying ammunition, machine guns and mortar shells in the Amhara region.
Are Ethiopians marching back to war in Tigray?
The TPLF became a major force in the overthrow of the Marxist regime in 1991.
Eritrea denies supporting armed groups inside Ethiopia.
The TPLF restored its pre-war administration just before the general election in May.
Ethiopia's new rebel alliance faces challenges
The Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission concluded a national conference of about 4,000 participants in August.
The civil war in parts of Oromia has raged since Abiy took power in 2018, while the conflict in the Amhara region has raged since 2023.
Ibrahim Osman Aliyu defected to Eritrea last year with a contingent of Afar Special Forces and local forces.
Internet restricted after fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region
Reuters sources said the TPLF ordered the communications blackout, with one suggesting it was to disrupt government drones.
On Wednesday, TPLF forces seized control of three airports from federal police.
There have been reports of fighting near the town of Lalibela in the Amhara region, which is home to rock-hewn churches recognized as a UN World Heritage site.
Young men flee Tigray amid fears of forced recruitment
TPLF spokesman Michael Asgedom described the allegations of forced recruitment as a 'mistaken narrative.'
The November 2022 Pretoria Agreement ended the war between Ethiopia's federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
Human Rights Watch documented cases involving former combatants and other men and boys who were taken from streets, homes, workplaces and gold-mining areas.
“Former combatant friends were being called back to the army and I heard some had been taken away forcibly. I was afraid I would be next, so I left my hometown and moved to Mekelle, hoping I would not get identified here.”
Ethiopia-Tigray conflict escalation: mutual accusations of offensives and fresh fighting
Flights to Lalibela, a UNESCO-listed site in Amhara, were suspended on Thursday due to fighting.
TPLF Vice President Amanuel Assefa stated that Tigrayan forces were in a situation of full-blown war and were fighting alongside local armed groups in Afar and Amhara.
The TPLF and six other armed groups formed the Ethiopian Peoples' Forces Alliance for Survival, committed to removing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.
Tigray forces seize main airport in northern Ethiopia; Ethiopian Airlines suspends flights
A drone strike in the southern town of Alamata killed at least 14 people and injured 22 others.
The mayor of Alamata, Mogos Shiferaw, said federal forces targeted two secondary schools during the drone strike.
The US State Department's Bureau of African Affairs condemned a drone strike that targeted a convoy of Catholic vehicles carrying food aid on Monday.
Ethiopia faces renewed war as armed groups launch offensive
The Tigray People's Liberation Front joined six other armed groups in an alliance aimed at overthrowing the Ethiopian government.
The 2022 peace deal in Ethiopia is unraveling.
Tigrayan forces have seized federally controlled airports.
Ethiopia warns of destruction as Tigray rebels launch offensive
Ethiopian President Taye Atske Selassie warned the UN General Assembly of "forces of destruction and mayhem".
Tigray rebels joined other rebel groups to seize airports and target government positions in northern Ethiopia.
The rebel offensive triggered fears of a renewed civil war in Ethiopia.
Analysis of whether Ethiopia is heading toward renewed civil war
Despite decades of peace deals and ceasefires, armed groups in Ethiopia have continued to battle each other and the military.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the country can defend itself.
Ethiopians fear they could be on the verge of another civil war.
Seven Ethiopian rebel groups form new alliance
ONLF spokesman Abdikadir Addaani Hirmooge said the government had not respected a peace deal signed in 2018 to end the conflict in the Somali region.
The Tigray region and its six million inhabitants were completely excluded from the June general election.
The coalition is named Alliance for Survival.
Ethiopian armed groups forge alliance against government
Fano fought alongside federal forces against Tigray's fighters in the Tigray war of 2020 to 2022, which killed hundreds of thousands.
The alliance accuses the government of imposing dictatorial rule that has pushed the country towards break-up.
The alliance includes the Amhara Fano National Movement, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA).