Commentary Ethiopia’s civil war—by far the worst conflict in terms of casualties and refugees in the world at present—is far from over, despite a peace accord between two of the combatant powers. The Tigray Popular Liberation Front (TPLF) has almost certainly secreted large quantities of weapons in caches around the Tigray region, as it has…

NAIROBI—An air strike on a children’s play area killed at least seven people in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Friday, medical officials there said, the first such attack after a four-month old ceasefire collapsed this week. The officials said three children were among the dead but a a federal government spokesman denied…

NAIROBI, Kenya—A new airstrike hit the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Thursday following several days of such strikes last week, and a Tigray spokesman asserted that six people including children were killed, as the year-long war intensifies. Government spokesman Legesse Tulu told The Associated Press the airstrike targeted a site in Mekele city used…

OLBIA, Italy—Forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have released around 1,000 government soldiers captured during recent fighting, the head of its ruling party said, as both sides prepared for a showdown over contested land in the west of the region. Debretsion Gebremichael, leader of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), told Reuters by satellite phone…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Ethiopia’s military on Thursday said it was responsible for a deadly airstrike on a busy marketplace in the country’s Tigray region. Health workers said the attack killed at least 64 people, including children, but the military insisted only combatants were targeted. A military spokesman, Col. Getnet Adane, told journalists that fighters supporting the…

ADDIS ABABA—An air strike killed at least 43 people in the town of Togoga in Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Tuesday, a medical official told Reuters, after residents said new fighting had flared in recent days north of the regional capital Mekelle. Ethiopian military spokesman Colonel Getnet Adane did not confirm or deny the incident. He…