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ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian forces battled overnight to repel an assault by Tigray rebels in the Afar region, a humanitarian source said on Friday 25 September, with reports of an internet blackout in the north of the country. Rebels in the northern Tigray region seized local airports and launched attacks into the neighbouring states of Afar and Amhara this week, saying they were once again in a “full-blown war” with the federal government.
The number of armed conflicts involving states reached its highest level since 1946, with 65 recorded worldwide in 2025, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). The annual Conflict Trends report found that state-on-state conflicts doubled from the previous year to 8, marking a new peak over the past 80 years.
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