11, 2026. (AP Photo/Filmon Equar Hailu) | Photo Credit: Filmon Equar Hailu In this photo taken with a smartphone, soldiers participate in a procession welcoming former Tigray leader Getachew Reda in Mekelle, Ethiopia, Sunday, Oct.
Another resident, who also asked for anonymity, confirmed the TPLF’s departure but said that, while government forces were in the town, they had not reached the centre. “All the shops in the town are closed. “The roads are deserted.
Residents of the northwestern town of Adwa, among the region’s most populated and roughly 40 kilometres (24 miles) from Eritrea’s border, said federal forces and an allied militia entered the town on Sunday.
Last night, many government institutions, including Adwa Hospital, were looted,” said Aferwerki, who gave only one name. People are very afraid of theft,” he said. Conflict monitor ACLED said that drone strikes targeted a hotel in Adwa on October 4, wounding between “five and nine people, including security personnel”, who were taken to hospital. TPLF vice president Amanuel Assefa said he “did not wish to comment”.
The Tigrayan regional capital Mekelle fell to government forces earlier this month after the TPLF evacuated.
