East Africa: Ethiopia's Dilemma, Eritrea's Involvement and the Flare-up in the Red Sea
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Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopian expansionism raises tensions with the country’s armed groups and neighbouring nations, reviving a war that runs the risk of escalating into a regional conflict. Eritrea has already entered the struggle
Four years after fighting side by side in the Tigray War, the armies of Abiy Ahmed and Issayas Afewerki clashed in northern Ethiopia. How far could this escalation go? Decryption.
East Africa: Ethiopia's dilemma, Eritrea's involvement and the conflagration in the Red Sea editor03 Mon, 10/12/2026 - 15:05 The arrogance of the leaderships in Addis Ababa and Asmara, combined with miscalculations about the weaknesses of their rivals, threatens to ignite a wider regional conflagration in the Red Sea — an area already being tested by the wars in Sudan and Yemen. Exclude from news feed Off Live Description Off
Tigray’s War and Ethiopia’s Red Sea Gamble: The Risk of Regional Escalation
The war that resumed in Tigray in late September 2026 has fused with Ethiopia's quest for sovereign sea access, Eritrea's fear for Assab and Egypt's Nile dispute, while the humanitarian response runs without a plan.On the night of October 4, Ethiopian federal forces carried out airstrikes on Adwa and Sheraro, two towns in northern Tigray, killing nine and eight people, respectively, according to a humanitarian bulletin cited in news reports and …
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