People queue outside banks as concerns grow over possible renewed fighting between federal and regional forces in Mekele, in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Jan. 31, 2026Less than four years after a peace agreement ended the civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, conflict is looming once again. Its deep in the night in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, but dozens of young men with backpacks and suitcases are searching for a bus to Addis Ababa. Federal and Tigrayan forces are once again massing at their shared border in northern Ethiopia. There are no exact numbers, but hundreds are fleeing Tigray -- a region that was home to around six million people before the war -- every day by bus or plane. Heading to southern Tigray, a destroyed tank lies on the side of the road, a relic from the last war.

Source: Ethiopian News March 10, 2026 16:20 UTC