ETHIOPIA: Tigray fighting has now killed 52 civilians and jumped regional borders, trapping tourists. 👇
The war that began in Tigray is no longer contained there, medics confirm deaths and expansion into neighbouring areas.
Lalibela, a UNESCO heritage site hundreds of miles from the original front, now has stranded foreigners as battles spread.
Regional containment has failed, turning what was a northern conflict into a multi-front national crisis.
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◆ Why it matters
The war has breached its original geography. Civilians are dying in expanding zones and tourists are stranded at World Heritage sites far from where this began, which means federal control over the conflict’s boundaries has collapsed. Addis Ababa now faces fighting on multiple fronts with no clear way to bottle it back up, and every neighbouring region becomes a potential theatre.
Source: BBC World