Ethiopia has accused forces in the northern Tigray region of orchestrating a major military offensive against the federal government.
East African Affairs Minister Getachew Reda warned that hardline regional factions plan to launch the assault within days.
Intelligence Chief Redwan Hussein co-authored the warning, detailing a looming crisis that threatens to destabilize the Horn of Africa.
Federal authorities claim the Tigray People’s Liberation Front is actively coordinating this renewed belligerence with neighboring Eritrea’s military.
The shadow of a past two-year civil war looms large, a brutal conflict that previously claimed 600,000 lives.
A fragile peace deal signed in 2022 has eroded after direct military clashes unexpectedly reignited late last year.
The drums of war echo loudly as the regional faction dismantles the legally recognized interim administration in Tigray.
Tigrayan leaders have re-established their own unauthorized parliament, presenting a defiant and direct challenge to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
This escalating friction occurs immediately following national elections, which the financially drained and blockaded northern region completely boycotted.
Officials are urgently calling for international diplomatic intervention to restrain the armed factions before a total collapse occurs.
The scorched borderlands face a catastrophic relapse into violence, threatening to shatter an already fragile East African landscape.