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Ethiopian government forces entered the town of Adwa without resistance on Sunday, according to local residents and witnesses. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters had withdrawn from the area prior to the federal forces' arrival. ACLED reported that Ethiopian drone strikes hit a hotel in Adwa on October 4, injuring between five and nine people. Some sources suggested that senior TPLF officials were at the hotel during the strike but this information was not verified.
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Ethiopian government forces captured the town of Adwa without resistance on Sunday, days after taking control of Adigrat from rebel fighters in the northern Tigray region. Local residents reported that federal troops and allied militias entered Adwa peacefully but noted widespread looting, including at Adwa Hospital, with shops remaining closed. Prior to this development, Ethiopian drones had targeted a hotel in Adwa on October 4, injuring between five and nine people, mostly security personnel. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) Vice President Amanuel Assefa declined to comment on the situation, furthering uncertainty about the conflict's direction. This latest capture solidifies Ethiopian government control over strategic towns near Eritrea’s border, potentially impacting regional stability and diplomatic relations.
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Ethiopian government forces have entered the town of Adwa without a fight, days after capturing Adigrat from rebel fighters as flights resumed to Mekelle in the country’s northern Tigray region.
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flights → enter → region
Residents of the northwestern town of Adwa, roughly 40km (24 miles) from Eritrea’s border, said federal forces and an allied militia entered the town on Sunday, a day after the withdrawal of fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
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forces → say → Front
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TPLF Vice President Amanuel Assefa said he “did not wish to comment”.
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he → ramp → Ethiopia
“All the shops in the town are closed.
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shops → close → town
Last night, many government institutions, including Adwa Hospital, were looted,” Aferwerki, a local resident who gave only one name, told AFP.
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who → include → AFP
Conflict monitor ACLED said that Ethiopian drone strikes targeted a hotel in Adwa on October 4, wounding between “five and nine people, including security personnel”, who were taken to hospital.
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who → say → hospital
Some ACLED sources indicated that TPLF Chairman Debretsion Gebremichael and other senior officials were at the hotel, but stressed the information had not been verified.
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information → indicate → hotel
Another resident who requested anonymity confirmed the TPLF forces withdrew from Adwa but said that although government forces were deployed in the town, they had not reached the centre.
“The roads are deserted.
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roads → request → centre
People are very afraid of theft,” he said.
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he → say → theft
Last week, Ethiopian forces captured Tigray’s regional capital Mekelle, days after the TPLF confirmed that it had withdrawn from the city and moved its regional administration “temporarily” to another location.
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it → capture → location
Ethiopian Airlines resumed flights from the capital, Addis Abba, to Mekelle on Sunday for the first time since September 23, when a seven-group armed alliance, including the TPLF, started fighting Ethiopian forces and captured the airport.
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alliance → resume → airport
“I would like to assure you on this occasion that we will bring visible change, a change beyond mere hope,” Getachew Reda, a former Tigray leader who now advises Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told supporters greeting Reda and Ethiopia’s intelligence chief Redwan Hussein at Mekelle airport.
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who → like → airport
Ethiopia has accused Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt of backing the rebel alliance.
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Ethiopia → accuse → alliance
Khartoum and Cairo have denied involvement.
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Khartoum → deny → involvement
Eritrea, which fought alongside Ethiopia’s federal army in the 2020-2022 war, severed diplomatic ties with Ethiopia over the accusations last week.
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which → fight → accusations
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