Ethiopia inches ever closer to war - The Economist
Posted: 05 Feb 2026, 10:00
Ethiopia inches ever closer to war
The latest flare-up in Tigray shows the risk of a regional conflagration
The routine is familiar by now. Nervous queues outside banks running rapidly out of cash. Empty shelves, soaring prices, frantic hoarding of food. Over the past year residents of Tigray, Ethiopia’s northernmost region, have endured at least three similar episodes, terrified each time that another war would erupt. Hundreds of thousands of people are thought to have died during the last round of fighting between 2020 and 2022. Fears of a sequel are growing. https://www.economist.com/middle-east-a ... ser-to-war
The latest flare-up in Tigray shows the risk of a regional conflagration
The routine is familiar by now. Nervous queues outside banks running rapidly out of cash. Empty shelves, soaring prices, frantic hoarding of food. Over the past year residents of Tigray, Ethiopia’s northernmost region, have endured at least three similar episodes, terrified each time that another war would erupt. Hundreds of thousands of people are thought to have died during the last round of fighting between 2020 and 2022. Fears of a sequel are growing. https://www.economist.com/middle-east-a ... ser-to-war