Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], August 4: In northern Ethiopia, hundreds of Tigrayans, including wounded fighters, have been fleeing into Sudan after fighting between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels in Shererina.
The weekend clashes, which involved heavy artillery and drones, were a breach of their three-year-old peace deal, raising the risk of renewed civil war. But by 5pm (14:00 GMT) on Sunday, the fighting, which began early Saturday, had subsided.
"There is a de-escalation," a TPLF member said on Sunday.
The Tigray rebels have said the Ethiopian army launched the attack, accusing it of having "intensified its destructive actions and taken them to a higher level".
The rebels denounced what they described as a "large-scale infantry offensive".
Federal troops and Tigrayan forces have for several months been massed along the border of northern Tigray in the north of Ethiopia, with both sides accusing each other of wanting to trigger a new conflict.
Source: Qatar Tribune