Fighting on a new front in Ethiopia's ongoing Tigray war

Ethiopian government soldiers in a truck on a road north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia in May 2021. Fighting continues this week after a five month truce, in the ongoing conflict between the government and Tigray rebels. © Ben Curtis/AP

Fighting between government forces and Tigrayan rebels has broken out along a new western front, near Sudan, after a ceasefire collapsed a week ago.

A government statement said the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the region, had "launched an invasion" towards areas "in the direction of Wag, Wolqait and our border areas with Sudan”, which it called part of the Amhara region,