位于埃塞俄比亚提格雷和阿姆哈拉地区边界的城市阿拉马塔军事存在明显增加，引发了对地区冲突可能重燃的担忧。[1]阿拉马塔位于科博以西约15公里处。[1]联邦军队于2025年1月15日从阿拉马塔撤出后，提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）部队随即接管该城市。[1]
8月2日，提格雷地区政府发表声明称，其部队在西提格雷前线击退了联邦军队的进攻，并指联邦军队得到苏丹快速支援部队的支持。[1]提格雷地区政府声称，"TPLF部队已在瑞亚前线部署大量军队，并收到备战指示"。[1]当地居民阿托·格布鲁·采法埃齐吉描述了城市的军事化状况，表示"在城市大多数地区，你只能看到士兵"。[1]
虽然2022年11月签署的普雷托里亚和平协议结束了大规模战斗，但多项关键条款仍未得到落实，地区局势依然不稳定。[1]2020年至2022年间的提格雷战争造成约600,000人死亡。[1]国际特赦组织非洲之角项目负责人苏阿德·努尔呼吁，让"人权观察员、调查人员和记者进入提格雷和所有受冲突影响的地区"。[1]
Military buildup in Ethiopia's Tigray region is intensifying concerns about the resumption of fighting despite a peace agreement reached in 2022. On August 2, the Tigray regional government claimed its forces repelled a federal army offensive in West Tigray, alleging that federal troops were supported by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces [1]. The escalation comes as military presence has visibly increased in Alamata, a city located approximately 15 kilometers from Kobo on the border between Tigray and Amhara regions, where federal forces withdrew on January 15, 2025, and were subsequently replaced by Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) troops [1].
The Pretoria peace accord, signed in November 2022, formally ended large-scale combat that had claimed roughly 600,000 lives between 2020 and 2022; however, numerous critical provisions of the agreement remain unimplemented, leaving the regional situation fragile [1]. Residents of Alamata report a heavy military presence throughout the city. One local resident observed that "in most parts of the city, you only see soldiers" [1]. The Tigray regional government has stated that "TPLF forces have deployed significant troops on the Raya frontline and received orders to prepare for combat" [1].
International observers have urged greater transparency amid the tensions. Amnesty International's Africa of the Horn program director Suaad Noor called for access, stating: "Let human rights observers, investigators, and journalists enter Tigray and all conflict-affected areas" [1].