Eritrean Troops Drive Through Northern Ethiopian Town, Witnesses Say
Witnesses said about 40 Eritrean military trucks moved south through the town as renewed fighting in Tigray raised fears of a wider regional war.
- Two witnesses reported seeing Eritrean soldiers driving through the northern Ethiopian town of Adigrat on Wednesday, marking the first confirmation of Eritrean forces on Ethiopian soil during the current conflict.
- Diplomatic ties between the Horn of Africa neighbors were severed last week amid fighting in Tigray, Amhara, and Afar, with Ethiopia accusing Eritrea of supporting a rebel alliance.
- Residents identified the soldiers by their off-white camouflage uniforms; Adigrat is located about 25 km south of the border and has not experienced prior clashes.
- Eritrea's information minister Yemane Gebremeskel denied forces were present, calling the witness accounts a plan to justify "a war of aggression." Ethiopia also accused Egypt and Sudan of supporting the opposition alliance.
- On Saturday, the State Department urged Asmara and Addis Ababa to exercise restraint, warning that a conflict would jeopardize US collaboration with both countries as regional tensions escalate.
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Several witnesses claim to have seen dozens of soldiers crossing the town of Adigrat days after the two countries broke diplomatic relations
Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea are escalating with the monitoring of Eritrean forces in Adigrat, amid the exchange of accusations and the disruption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
After months of tension, hostilities resumed on 23 September in northern Ethiopia between the Ethiopian army and groups opposed to the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, including the forces of the Front de libération du peuple du Tigré (TPLF), a political formation that had de facto led the regional state since April and was defying federal authority. On Saturday, the Ethiopian army and the Tigré Peace Force (TPF), a Tigréan militia allie…
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