The interim government of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has appealed for the Ethiopian federal government to intervene after a faction of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front seized control of two major towns,

A dissident faction of the main political party in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray has seized control of key offices and a radio station in the regional capital, Mekelle, amid growing fears of a fresh conflict.

Officials administering Ethiopia's Tigray region asked for federal help on Wednesday as a faction of the main regional party seized control of a town, stoking fears of a return to conflict in the war-scarred region.

Tigray Defence Forces have seized control of several major towns in the region, laying bare the fragility of a truce with the Ethiopian government.

Clashes between rival factions in the Ethiopian region of Tigray have raised the spectre of a new war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, analysts and residents said Thursday. Disputes between rival factions have intensified alongside deteriorating relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia since the peace deal.

Residents sought to flee mounting tensions in the Tigray region of Ethiopia on Friday as a political faction confirmed to AFP they had seized control of the town hall in state capital Mekele. Debretsion's faction seized control of Mekele's town hall on Thursday to reinstate its chosen mayor,