Fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region this week has raised fears of a return to full-scale war, just over three years after a peace deal ended a conflict that killed more than 600,000 people. Clashes in western Tigray prompted Ethiopian Airlines to cancel flights to the region on Thursday, and residents in the regional capital Mekele to rush to withdraw cash and stock up on food amid growing anxiety.
Clashes have taken place in recent days between Tigrayan forces and the Ethiopian federal army in the remote area of Tsemlet, western Tigray.
