Eritrea denies the claim and accuses Ethiopia of seeking a pretext to attack, amid fears of renewed conflict.

The attack comes amid fears of a return to conflict following clashes between government troops and Tigrayan forces.

Tens of thousands of Eritreans in refugee camps were forced to flee when fighting between Tigrayan and Eritrean forces erupted last November. Some fled to Shiraro and Badme towns and were taken back ...

The geopolitical temperature is rising in the Red Sea. Ethiopia is threatening Eritrea, its diminutive neighbour, making a ...

Ethiopia's national carrier cancelled flights to and from its troubled northern region of Tigray as fears grew of a renewed fighting between federal troops and regional forces.

Ethiopia’s fragile calm in the north appeared to fray further this week after the country’s flag carrier abruptly halted ...

Eritrea has withdrawn from East African regional bloc Igad, accusing the organisation of "becoming a tool against" countries like itself. In a statement on Friday, Eritrea's foreign ministry said Igad ...

A loose Amhara militia network that fought the TPLF now wages a decentralised insurgency – and is pulling Addis Ababa and Asmara back into confrontation.

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Eritrea and Ethiopia ended decades of tensions in 2018 after a whirlwind peace process for which Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize Friday. In 1962 Ethiopia proclaims ...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Ethiopian police said they had seized thousands of rounds of ammunition sent by Eritrea to rebels in Ethiopia's Amhara region, an allegation Eritrea dismissed as a ...