Seven of Ethiopia's armed groups announce anti-government alliance

FILE - Fighters loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the town of Hawzen in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, 2021. AP - Ben Curtis

Seven Ethiopian armed groups have formed an alliance against the federal government, an official of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) said on Sunday. This has raised fears of a return to the war that killed some 600,000 people.

Both the government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) have massed troops along the border of the northern state in recent months, according to the African Union.