近日，埃塞俄比亚政府与北部提格雷地区的武装力量之间的冲突急剧升级，这很可能预示着这个非洲人口第二大国即将爆发新的战争。
Fighting between Ethiopia’s government and the authorities in the northern region of Tigray has escalated sharply in recent days, signaling what could be the start of a new war in Africa’s second-most populous country.
2020年起，双方曾爆发过一场持续两年的战争，导致数十万人丧生，期间还出现了大量暴行及大规模性暴力事件。此次新一轮冲突引发了国际社会的高度担忧，人们担心战火可能蔓延为一场地区性战争，进而波及非洲之角及海湾地区的周边国家。
The two sides fought a two-year conflict beginning in 2020 that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, with reports of widespread atrocities and mass sexual violence. The new hostilities have caused global alarm, with fears the fighting could spiral into a regional conflict that would draw in neighboring countries in the Horn of Africa and the Gulf.