Tigray rebels are abandoning the regional capital in northern Ethiopia as pro-government forces advance toward the city, local residents and a journalist told AFP, according to reporting cited by multiple outlets. The accounts describe the move as part of the rebels’ pullback during active fighting on the ground.
The region is experiencing what several reports describe as the worst fighting since Ethiopia’s civil war period of 2020 to 2022. While the outlets agree on the direction of events—rebels leaving the capital amid government progress—they focus on different framing. One outlet emphasizes the rebels’ withdrawal, while another highlights the government’s apparent goal of taking the regional capital from the rebels.
