Attacks by new rebel alliance stoke fear Ethiopia is returning to war

Fears are growing of a return to war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, just four years after a devastating conflict ended in a fragile peace deal.

Fighting in and around Tigray is testing Ethiopia's fragile 2022 peace deal. With old enemies forming new alliances, experts warn that the conflict could enter a dangerous new phase.

Tigray rebels said they were responding to a "full-scale offensive" by the government, which countered that it was the rebels who started the fighting.

Ethiopian President Taye Atske Selassie warned of “forces of destruction” as Tigray rebels launched an offensive.