US Urges 'Restraint' as Ethiopia's Tigray Crisis Rocks Region
The AU urged restraint after Ethiopia expelled 10 Eritrean diplomats and Egypt and Eritrea denied support for rebel groups, deepening regional tensions.
- On Thursday, October 1, 2026, Ethiopia closed its embassy in Asmara and expelled 10 Eritrean diplomats, citing activities posing "a direct threat to national security." Eritrea responded by severing all diplomatic ties.
- The diplomatic rift follows Ethiopia's accusations that Eritrea supports a new anti-government alliance including the Tigray People's Liberation Front , while Eritrea claims Ethiopia plans to invade and seize coastline access.
- Egypt expelled an Ethiopian embassy counsellor on Friday, October 2, after Ethiopia expelled an Egyptian diplomat; the African Union Commission and U.S. State Department urged all parties to exercise "maximum restraint."
- Fighting between Ethiopian federal forces and the rebel coalition continues across Tigray, Afar, and Amhara, with intense combat killing at least 52 civilians in Alamata and displacing tens of thousands of people.
- Broader regional tensions persist over control of the Red Sea trade route and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam , as Ethiopia accuses Sudan and Egypt of backing its armed opponents, though all three countries deny any meddling.
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Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan, which have tense relations with Ethiopia, have called for the settlement of regional disputes through "peaceful means", the Egyptian presidency said in a statement quoted by Agence France-Presse, BTA reported. The four countries participated in a mini-summit in El Alamein in northern Egypt amid growing concerns that the violence in Ethiopia could spread beyond its borders. The meeting was attended by Egyptian P…
The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan issued a joint declaration calling for peaceful solutions to escalating regional conflicts, reflecting a widening rift between Ethiopia and its neighboring states
The declaration followed a quadrilateral summit in New Alamein City, Egypt, attended by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and Sudanese army chief Abdel...
The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, the Presidents of Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki and Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, and the head of the Sudanese army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, in New Alamein, called for a political solution to the conflicts in the Sudan and Ethiopia. Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and the Sudan have signed a joint declaration in the Egyptian city of New Alamein, calling for political and peaceful solutions against the background…
Ethiopia's New Rebel War Redraws Alliances Across the Horn of Africa
Ethiopia and Eritrea have cut diplomatic ties as a new rebel offensive grips northern Ethiopia, putting two countries that fought together during the last Tigray war on opposing sides. Ethiopia accuses its neighbour of supporting a new anti-government alliance.
Egypt urges dialogue amid violence in Ethiopia
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi yesterday urged “dialogue, not confrontation” ahead of talks among African leaders as concerns grow that Ethiopia’s escalating violence could spill across borders.Al-Sisi was due to meet the leaders of Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan in El-Alamein later in the day,
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