Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict is back. But the battle lines have changed | DW News

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The battle lines in Ethiopia have dramatically changed. Armed groups that were once on opposing sides have joined a new alliance as fighting between Tigrayan forces and the federal government intensifies. The renewed clashes come nearly four years after the Pretoria peace agreement ended the devastating Tigray war. Now the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and six other opposition groups have formed an alliance opposed to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government. So what has brought former enemies together? Why has fighting erupted again? What role could neighboring Eritrea play, and could the conflict spread across the wider Horn of Africa? DW speaks to Martin Plaut, journalist and Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London’s Department of War Studies and author of “Understanding Ethiopia’s Tigray War.” Chapters: 00:00 Fighting erupts in Ethiopia four years after peace deal 00:52 Interview Martin Plaut 01:15 Why the situation could become “catastrophic” 01:50 Tigray “reb

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