Two drone strikes were reported in Dandera village, around 15 kilometers east of Mekelle, amid growing fears that renewed confrontations could further weaken the Pretoria peace framework.
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UMD Media sources say U.S. Ambassador Ervin Massinga challenged TPLF chairman Debretsion Gebremichael over the party’s confrontational rhetoric and its approach to diplomacy amid renewed military tensions.
The Ethiopian government is reportedly preparing conditional pardons for political detainees around Ethiopian New Year, but at least 30 prisoners have refused to sign a document requiring them to acknowledge wrongdoing and accept responsibility for deaths and destruction.
The Tigray Public Prosecutors Association accused justice institutions in Tigray of abandoning their constitutional mandate and becoming instruments of armed leaders, political actors and government officials.
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Tigray Broadcasting Service suspended its flagship News and Narrative program, citing threats, political pressure and financial constraints, raising fresh concerns about shrinking media freedom in Tigray.
An official-looking document attributed to the Amhara Regional Police Commission directs security authorities in Western Tigray to place Tigrayans and several other categories of residents under heightened surveillance, raising fears of renewed ethnic profiling and violence.
Tigray’s regional authorities said multiple drone strikes hit Merewa in Raya Alamata district, Southern Tigray, warning that the incident could further escalate tensions with Ethiopia’s federal government.
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The Addis Ababa-based Council for Peace and Change in Tigray said it will begin a training-of-trainers program aimed at organizing peace, political change and stabilization work inside Tigray after what it calls the dismantling of the TPLF group.
Three young men were reportedly killed in Abeshge Woreda after being accused of belonging to the Fano armed movement, according to local sources cited by Meseret Media.
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Human Rights First-Ethiopia warned of a deteriorating human rights and security situation, citing renewed military tensions, alleged forced recruitment, arbitrary arrests and restrictions on expression in Tigray and Addis Ababa.
