Mekelle7 armed groups pledged to remove Ethiopia’s prime minister.
Ethiopian Airlines suspended flights to Mekelle, Shire and Axum, cutting Tigray’s air exit.
The 2022 Pretoria deal was signed only by Addis Ababa and Tigray’s leaders, excluding Eritrea and Amhara forces.
“There is no shared political objective,” said Jawar Mohammed, an Oromo politician and former Abiy ally.
Analysts see southern Tigray as the flashpoint, where Alamata’s mayor says drones killed 14 civilians Tuesday.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 150+ reports worldwide
- Al Jazeera Online
- frames alliance through political consolidation (uniting separate conflicts) vs military capacity, questions cohesion
- Deutsche Welle
- emphasizes unresolved political disputes from failed 2022 peace settlement, characterizes latest fighting as 'decisive escalation'
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, Deutsche Welle