Ethiopia faces renewed tensions with Tigray and Eritrea

"The situation is very frightening,"

"The federal defense forces are stationed at all borders. Therefore, there are indications that this [war] is inevitable,"

"Just last week, a liter of petrol was 220 [Ethiopian] Birr ($1.42, 1.20). But as the tension of war increases, the price increases by 50, 60, 70 more birr every day since then,"

"People are forced to hoard not only fuel but also food and other essential goods,"

Anxiety pervades Tigray despite the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement that ended fighting between the Ethiopian National Defense Force and the Tigray People's Liberation Front. The TPLF has split into rival factions, producing a political vacuum and uncertainty about legitimate representation. Ethiopia's federal government accuses Eritrea of supporting the TPLF; the TPLF and Eritrea deny the allegation. Ethiopian federal soldiers and Tigrayan fighters have deployed along the northern border, and federal defense forces are stationed at all borders, creating indications that renewed war may be inevitable. Fuel and food prices have surged, and residents are hoarding essentials and medicines.

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