Published On 7 Aug 20267 Aug 2026Between 2020 and 2022, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fought a bloody war against Ethiopia’s federal government and its allies in Eritrea and the Amhara militias known as Fano. Less than four years later, Ethiopia’s federal government is accusing those same former allies of supporting the TPLF, redrawing the map of alliances in northern Ethiopia.So who are the actors now confronting Ethiopia’s federal government in this renewed conflict?The TPLFIn March 2025, fighters from the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) led by Debretsion Gebremichael seized the regional radio station and the mayor’s office in Mekele,…

World football’s growing divide has deepened with the declarations of support for FIFA’s defiant Gianni Infantino by Argentina and Mexico, coming only a day after Africa unanimously voted to back the president of football’s global governing body.Infantino continues to face fierce backlash over a now-abandoned proposal to sell off a…

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When something goes wrong on the road — a flight delay, vanishing luggage, illness — you file a travel insurance claim, expecting a quick reimbursement. Then your insurance company asks for documentation, and you realize you’ve kept almost none of it. If I had a penny for every time I’ve…

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