France’s foreign ministry on Thursday warned its citizens to avoid travelling to Tigray in northern Ethiopia following clashes between factions of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the capital Mekele and the second city Adigrat.
“In view of the ongoing internal clashes in Tigray, particularly in Adigrat and Mekele, travel throughout the Tigray region is now formally inadvisable,” said the ministry on its website.
“French nationals passing through are asked to leave Tigray as soon as possible,” the advice added.
Between November 2020 and November 2022, the region was a conflict zone between federal forces, supported by local militias and the Eritrean army as well as Tigrayan rebels.
The fighting left at least 600,000…
