Daily record · 20 Sep 2026
Ethiopia war, 20 Sep 2026: what happened
8 reports on 20 Sep 2026: 5 independently verified, 3 claimed by a party. 1 drone or air strikes, 0 changes of control.
Drone and air strikes
- 20 Sep 20261
Drone strike · Adi Daero, North Western, Tigray
A drone struck a humanitarian truck carrying 41 tonnes of food aid bound for an IDP camp in Sheraro in northwestern Tigray, injuring a 13-year-old girl, according to local officials and humanitarian institutions.
All reports of the day
- 20 Sep 20268
Statement · Unknown place
Flight tracking shows Aviacon Zitotrans IL-76TD cargo aircraft RA-76846 flying from Al Ain Airport in the UAE to Ethiopia around the same time.
Statement · Arada Sub City, Region 14, Addis Ababa
Flight tracking shows Batot Air IL-76TD cargo aircraft XT-ABL departing Fujairah in the UAE on 20 September for Bole Airport in Addis Ababa.
Statement · Unknown place
Seven armed opposition groups (the Amhara Fano National Movement, Oromo Liberation Army, TPLF, ONLF, Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front/Ugugumo, Benishangul Peoples' Liberation Movement and Gumuz Peoples' Democratic Movement) announced a joint alliance, the Ethiopian Peoples' Forces Alliance for Survival, with the stated aim of removing the federal government and establishing a transitional government.
Statement · Arada Sub City, Region 14, Addis Ababa
Flight tracking showed a Southern Spirit Airlines Il-76TD cargo aircraft (7P-HAR) flying from Al Reef Airbase in Abu Dhabi to Entebbe and on to Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa before returning towards the UAE, part of a pattern of UAE-Uganda-Ethiopia flights the monitor describes as suspicious.
Statement · Assosa town Admin, Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz
A UAE government-linked Il-76TD cargo aircraft was observed at Asosa Airport in Benishangul-Gumuz near the Sudanese border, following the pattern of flights from Al Ain or Al Reef Airbase via Bole International Airport that the monitor assesses as a likely airbridge of military supplies and drones into Sudan.
Statement · Unknown place
Seven armed groups announced the Ethiopian Peoples' Forces Alliance for Survival, aiming to replace the federal government with a transitional government.
Drone strike · Adi Daero, North Western, Tigray
A drone struck a humanitarian truck carrying 41 tonnes of food aid bound for an IDP camp in Sheraro in northwestern Tigray, injuring a 13-year-old girl, according to local officials and humanitarian institutions.
Statement · Unknown place
The TPLF joined six other armed groups in an alliance to remove the government, and its spokesman said the Pretoria accord was no longer valid.