# Fighting in northern Ethiopia: Federal government tightens control of Tigray

https://mins.news/en/video/103395

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-16 15:51 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajxvuf73Zkk

> Ethiopia’s federal forces and allied fighters have made gains in Tigray, while opposition groups retain control of parts of the region. Civilians forced to flee continue to feel the conflict’s effects. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi spoke with a Tigrayan journalist in exile whose location is being withheld because his family remains caught up in the violence.

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