Ethiopia sends troops into the Tigray Reigon

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And to think I was considering visiting Ethiopia a couple of years ago….

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What's the news from Ethiopia? 

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The next flashpoint would be Adwa which is east of Aksum.  It is a road junction whose capture would make it easier for EPLF to send in supplies which means TPLF is likely to try to contest it.

Wow. I spoke too soon.  It seems that EPLD-ENDF just captured Adwa.

When I hear Adwa I think of the battle in 1896. Certainly it's a place with a lot of history.

You are referencing the war Italy fought to conquer and then colonize the Ethiopian kingdom, presumably.  Which it lost, and then tried again in the 1930s under Benito Mussolini, where again it failed.