Ethiopia: Hundreds Flee Ethiopia to War-Torn Sudan Following New Fighting in Tigray

What the report says

Hundreds of people have crossed from Ethiopia into Sudan after renewed fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, according to an RFI report distributed by AllAfrica. The article says the movement followed clashes on Saturday between Ethiopian federal forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, near the border area of Shererina in western Tigray.

The report, citing Sudanese security and medical sources as well as TPLF accounts, says some of those arriving in Sudan were wounded fighters and that first aid was provided before transfers to al-Hashaba, a border settlement that already hosts many displaced people from Ethiopia’s earlier Tigray war. Residents on the Sudanese side described hearing explosions and gunfire during the fighting, though the accounts could not be independently verified.

The story also places the latest movement across a wider regional context. Sudan is already in a major conflict between its army and the Rapid Support Forces, and ties between Ethiopia and Sudan remain strained. The article notes that both countries have traded accusations in recent months over support for armed groups and cross-border attacks.

The development matters because it revives fears of a broader conflict in northern Ethiopia less than four years after the devastating 2020-2022 Tigray war. The report says both sides in the latest fighting accuse the other of trying to escalate the situation, while outside observers have not independently confirmed the battlefield claims.