# How fighting in Ethiopia spread beyond Tigray, in maps and charts

https://mins.news/en/item/83047

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-02 07:17 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/how-the-fighting-in-ethiopia-spread-beyond-tigray-in-maps-and-charts?traffic_source=rss

> Fighting is intensifying across Ethiopia’s northern regions of Tigray, Amhara and Afar. Government-aligned forces say they captured Alamata, while Tigrayan forces have advanced into Afar. Communications and commercial flights have been disrupted, and a new alliance of armed and political groups seeking to remove Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has raised fears of a wider regional war.

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