But in January, troops led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) mounted fully fledged incursions into multiple Afar districts. TPLF forces now occupy five of them. But on 12 February, it released a statement saying fighting in the region had ceased. A spokesperson for the central government downplayed the conflict, saying TPLF forces had retreated. Moussa Adem, an Afar opposition politician, says: “[federal] government officials keep saying there is no war in Afar.

Source: Ethiopian News February 28, 2022 22:48 UTC