Foreign Ministry of Ethiopia

Force in Play

Invoked Ethiopia's right to self-defense at the UN and demanded Eritrean forces leave Tigray.

Ethiopian forces and their Tigray Peace Force allies entered Aksum in mid-October and took Bizet and Inticho on October 20, extending federal control across northern Tigray. Federal troops also pulled back from the border towns of Zalambessa and Rama while keeping up drone and artillery strikes on Tigrayan fighters in the central mountains.

Updated Oct 23