{"id":47003,"date":"2026-10-01T11:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47003"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:49:20","slug":"explosions-heard-overnight-in-ethiopias-capital","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/explosions-heard-overnight-in-ethiopias-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosions heard overnight in Ethiopia&#8217;s capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Explosions were heard overnight in Ethiopia&#8217;s capital Addis Ababa, three diplomatic sources \u200btold Reuters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A source linked to the opposition alliance \u200cthat has been fighting federal forces in northern Ethiopia since last week said the alliance had carried out several drone strikes \u200bin Addis Ababa, including some targeting the military&#8217;s \u200bheadquarters there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">If \u2060confirmed, the strikes would mark the first known \u200bdrone attack by anti-government forces on the Ethiopian capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Spokesperson for \u200bPrime Minister Abiy Ahmed&#8217;s office, the federal government and the military did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Last week&#8217;s clashes in\u00a0\u200bnorthern Ethiopia were the biggest escalation of violence\u00a0\u200bin Ethiopia since the end of a 2020 to 2022 civil war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The national intelligence \u200cservice \u2060announced on Wednesday that it was banning for an indefinite period all drone flights over Addis Ababa and its surroundings for security reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Opposition alliance forces were not \u200bpreviously known to \u200boperate armed \u2060drones. However, there is growing evidence they may possess at least some drone capability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">On \u200bTuesday, a pro-government militia in the northern \u200bregion \u2060of Tigray said it had captured drone frames and batteries from forces linked to the Tigray People&#8217;s Liberation Front (TPLF), \u2060one of \u200bthe alliance&#8217;s main members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i>Reuters<\/i>\u00a0could\u00a0\u200bnot independently verify that claim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14609,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-47003","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Explosions were heard overnight in Ethiopia's capital","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47004,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47003\/revisions\/47004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}