Fighting resumes in northern Ethiopia after five-month lull

Ethiopian National Defense Force soldiers walk along a road on December 6, 2021.

Ethiopian National Defense Force soldiers walk along a road on December 6, 2021. Fighting erupted between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia on August 24, 2022, shattering a five-month truce between the warring sides. PHOTO | AFP

Fighting erupted between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia on Wednesday, shattering a five-month truce between the warring sides.

The renewed warfare follows both sides repeatedly blaming the other for a lack of progress towards negotiations to end the brutal 21-month conflict in Africa's second most populous nation.