Published: Sep 29, 2026, 22:20 IST | Updated: Sep 29, 2026, 22:20 IST
A pro-government militia said on September 28th that Ethiopia's military and allied militiamen had captured Alamata, a strategic town south of the regional capital Mekelle. The fighting since last week in Tigray and the neighboring regions of Amhara and Afar has shattered a four-year-old peace deal, the Pretoria Agreement, that ended fighting that killed hundreds of thousands of people. Our cover report examines the fragility of the Horn of Africa region.