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Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Ph.D. Fellow, Center for Constitutional Democracy, Indiana University

Ethiopia is sliding back toward war – a look at what is driving the fighting and why it matters

Members of the Tigray People's Liberation Front walk along a main road in Mekele, the regional capital of Tigray, on Sept. 23, 2026. AFP via Getty Images

Four years after a fragile ceasefire ended widespread conflict in Ethiopia, the region is again slipping back into full-out war.

On Sept. 23, 2026, advancing soldiers of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) seized government positions in northern Ethiopia.

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