Ethiopian military personnel. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 24 The Ethiopian Air Force shot down a plane on Tuesday evening that violated the country's airspace and was believed to be carrying weapons for the rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), who are based in the region of the same name in the north of the country, Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported, citing a military statement. On Tuesday, Ethiopian authorities and TPLF rebels exchanged allegations of attacking each other. />Ethiopian troops kill 150 al-Shabaab militantsAccording to the statement, «an aircraft carrying weapons for the TPLF violated Ethiopian airspace from Sudanese territory and was shot down north of the city of Humera in Tigray.» In June, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali announced the creation of a committee to negotiate with the TPLF. The conflict in northern Ethiopia erupted in November 2020. Then the country's authorities accused the «People's Front for the Liberation of Tigray», which dominated the political life of Ethiopia for almost three decades, of attacking a military base and launched an operation in Tigray. In June 2021, the rebels in Tigray took the administrative center of the region, the city of Mekele, the Ethiopian government announced an unconditional ceasefire. However, the rebels later claimed that they launched a new offensive, established control over part of Tigray and invaded the Amhara region. A new truce was reached only in March 2022, when the Ethiopian authorities then announced the introduction of an indefinite humanitarian truce for the delivery of humanitarian aid to Tigray. Representatives of the rebels in the region agreed to a truce with government Ethiopian troops.
