{
  "id": "ACM-ETH-CON",
  "slug": "ethiopia-conflict",
  "title": "The Ethiopia Conflict",
  "url": "https://armedconflicts.org/ethiopia-conflict.html",
  "status": "Active",
  "intensity": "High",
  "region": "Horn of Africa",
  "type": "Multi-front insurgency",
  "tracked_since": "2018",
  "revision": "2026-08-05",
  "sources": [
    "ACLED",
    "UCDP",
    "CFR Global Conflict Tracker"
  ],
  "locations": [
    {
      "name": "Addis Ababa",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 9.025,
      "lon": 38.7469,
      "description": "Ethiopia's capital and seat of the federal government, increasingly within reach of Oromo Liberation Army activity spreading from Oromia region.",
      "control": "Federal government of Ethiopia (Ethiopian National Defense Force)",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ethiopia",
      "as_of": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mekelle",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 13.4967,
      "lon": 39.4697,
      "description": "Capital of Tigray region, administered by a federally appointed Interim Administration after the 2022 peace deal until renewed clashes in 2026.",
      "control": "Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) / Tigray Defense Forces, which took effective control from the Interim Administration after clashes in 2026",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ethiopia",
      "as_of": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bahir Dar",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 11.5936,
      "lon": 37.3908,
      "description": "Capital of Amhara region on Lake Tana, a target of offensives by the Fano militia insurgency active across the region since 2023."
    },
    {
      "name": "Shire",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 14.1061,
      "lon": 38.2839,
      "description": "Northwestern Tigray town that has served as a major shelter site for civilians displaced by the region's recurring rounds of conflict."
    },
    {
      "name": "Humera",
      "type": "region",
      "lat": 14.2974,
      "lon": 36.6136,
      "description": "Town anchoring the disputed Western Tigray territory, occupied by Amhara regional and Eritrean forces since the Tigray war and claimed by both Tigray and Amhara."
    },
    {
      "name": "Jijiga",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 9.35,
      "lon": 42.8,
      "description": "Capital of Ethiopia's Somali region, on the road corridor linking Addis Ababa to the port of Berbera in Somaliland."
    },
    {
      "name": "Ambo",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 8.9806,
      "lon": 37.8547,
      "description": "Oromia town west of Addis Ababa that has repeatedly seen unrest tied to the Oromo Liberation Army insurgency."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gondar",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 12.6,
      "lon": 37.4667,
      "description": "Historic former imperial capital in Amhara region and a center of Fano militia recruitment and activity."
    }
  ],
  "revision_history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-05",
      "change": "Headlines refreshed",
      "source": "News feed"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-03",
      "change": "Addis Ababa control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-03",
      "change": "Mekelle control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    }
  ]
}