Fighting is reported in Ethiopia’s Afar region after Ethiopian forces battle overnight to repel an assault by Tigray rebels, according to a humanitarian source. Both outlets say the clashes occur beyond Tigray, indicating the fighting is spreading across parts of northern Ethiopia.
RFI and RTE both report that an internet blackout affects the north of the country. While neither source provides detailed casualty figures or the scale of the assault, the reports link the fighting with disruptions to communications in the same wider area. The two articles present the situation largely through the same set of elements—overnight offensives, Ethiopian efforts to repel them, and reports of an internet shutdown—without emphasizing additional political or military details.
Overall, the coverage aligns on the timing (overnight), the location (Afar, outside Tigray), and the reported communications disruption, but offers no further breakdown of who controls which areas during the fighting.
