Tigray party restores pre-war parliament, jeopardising northern Ethiopia peace

Residents walk along a road near Wejerat in Tigray, Ethiopia, on 3 March 2026, as tensions between federal forces and Tigrayan fighters raise fears the fragile 2022 ceasefire could collapse. AFP - ABEL GEREZGIHER

Tigray's main political party, TPFL, said it was taking back control of the ​region's government, effectively voiding a peace deal with Ethiopia's federal government that ended one of the century's deadliest conflicts.

The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in the northern region of Ethiopia, surprised everyone on Sunday when it reinstated the local parliament that existed before the 2020 war.