Ethiopian Airlines resumes flights to Tigray

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft.

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Ethiopian Airlines has resumed flights to the northern Tigray region, an airline official said on Tuesday, days after suspending them following clashes between regional and national forces that had raised fears of renewed conflict.

Ethiopia’s national army fought fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front for two years until late 2022, in a war that researchers say killed hundreds of thousands through direct violence, the collapse of healthcare and famine.