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    <date>2026-10-4</date>
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    <text>Ethiopian forces capture Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region, after the withdrawal of the Tigray People's Liberation Front. </text>
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    <text>Ethiopian federal forces retake control of the Alula Aba Nega Airport in Mekelle, Tigray, from the Tigray People's Liberation Front. </text>
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      <text>Explosions caused by suspected drone strikes are reported in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Abeba, including one near the Ethiopian National Defense Force' headquarters. </text>
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    <text>Explosions caused by suspected drone strikes are reported in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa, including one near the Ethiopian National Defense Force' headquarters. </text>
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    <text>Ethiopia closes its embassy in Eritrea and announces the expulsion of ten Eritrean diplomats from the country, after accusing its neighbour of financing the Tigray People's Liberation Front. </text>
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    <text>A drone strikes Tigrai Television's headquarters in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, forcing the station off air, while Tigray People's Liberation Front forces capture Erebti, Afar Region, and advance toward Afdera. </text>
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    <text>The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) seizes several airports in Tigray, while clashes are ongoing in the nearby regions of Afar and Amhara. The TPLF says that it has started a &quot;defensive war&quot; against the federal government of Ethiopia. </text>
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    <text>The Ethiopian National Defense Force launches 21 airstrikes in Alamata, Tigray Region, killing 14 civilians and wounding 22 more. Two empty schools are also hit. </text>
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    <text>Seven Ethiopian armed groups, including Tigrayan forces, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the Fano militia, and the Oromo Liberation Army, form an alliance against the federal government. The TPLF says the coalition seeks to remove the government and establish a transitional administration. </text>
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    <text>New clashes are reported across the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigray People's Liberation Front, four years after the previous war in the region ended, prompting hundreds to flee to war-torn Sudan amidst fears of a new civil war. </text>
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      <text>Clashes between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray People's Liberation Front erupt in the Tigray Region. </text>
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    <text>Clashes between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray People's Liberation Front break out in the Tigray Region. </text>
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    <name>AFP via France 24</name>
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  <text>Ethiopian government forces push Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels out of Afar Region after recapturing the towns of Abala, Erebti and Megale. </text>
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