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Truce shattered in Ethiopia’s Tigray war

Fresh fighting has disrupted the humanitarian truce between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces

Renewed fighting has erupted in northern Ethiopia between government and regional Tigrayan forces, breaking a five-month humanitarian truce.

Also in Angola, citizens await the election outcome as provisional results suggest that the governing MPLA's has the lead with 80% of votes counted, according to the National Election Commission, while the opposition movement; Unita has just under 43%.

Plus in Uganda, an organisation lobbying for the music sector, The Ugandan Musicians Association have petitioned the government, to ask for a larger share of money generated through the use of their music as caller ring tunes, also referred to as ‘Caller Ring Back Tone’ - or CRBT.

Photo: An internally displaced woman washes the face of a child in the makeshift camp where they are sheltered in the village of Erebti, Ethiopia. Credit: Getty Images.

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Thu 25 Aug 202215:06GMT

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