Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said his country does not want war, even as regional Tigray authorities say federal forces are massing around the northern region, raising fears of renewed conflict. Tigray emerged in 2022 from a two-year war that saw federal forces, backed by militias and the Eritrean army, clash with rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). A ceasefire held for more than two years, but clashes between federal and Tigrayan forces broke out again in November last year and January. We don't want war," Abiy said in an interview broadcast late Thursday by the Ethiopian news agency. In the interview, Abiy also said that Eritrea would "not hesitate to destabilise the country".

Source: Ethiopian News March 06, 2026 20:31 UTC