Ethiopia: ⚡️🇪🇹🪖The Ethiopian government has closed the airspace over Tigray,...

⚡️🇪🇹🪖The Ethiopian government has closed the airspace over Tigray, while Ethiopian Airlines has suspended flights to Mekelle, Axum, and Shire after the airports were seized by Tigrayan forces.

🔻 The separatist group Uguugumo launched an offensive in the Afar region, capturing the city of Abala. The clashes spread to the Sekota area along the border between Tigray and Amhara, where initial reports say an Ethiopian military helicopter was shot down.

🔻 The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia expressed disappointment over the TPLF offensive, warning of possible sanctions and issuing a security alert for American citizens in the northern regions.