A new country report warns that Ethiopia faces converging crises, a looming armed conflict with Eritrea, unresolved atrocities in Tigray, and state violence against civilians in multiple regions, placing the country at multiple stages of the genocide warning scale. Ethiopia–Eritrea tensions reach a boiling point Relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, […]
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Ethiopia on Edge: Is a New War Looming in the Horn of Africa?
Tensions in the Horn of Africa have reached a critical level, with analysts warning that Ethiopia could be sliding toward another armed conflict, this time potentially with neighboring Eritrea, even as a temporary lull offers a fragile moment of relief. At the heart of the crisis is Ethiopia’s long-standing ambition […]
Survivors of Ethiopia’s Tigray War Fear New Conflict as Military Tensions Escalate
Residents of northern Ethiopia’s ancient city of Axum are gripped by anxiety as military forces mobilize along the borders with Eritrea and around the Tigray region, the same areas devastated by a brutal conflict between 2020 and 2022. The mounting tensions have sparked an exodus from Tigray’s major cities. Flights […]
Ethiopia–Eritrea Tensions Could Draw 10-15 Countries Into Regional War, Expert Warns
Escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea could trigger a large-scale conflict drawing in between 10 and 15 countries across three continents, potentially evolving into what analysts are describing as “Africa’s Second World War.” That stark warning came from Kjetil Tronvoll, a professor of peace and conflict studies at Oslo New […]
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Accuses Eritrea of Tigray War Atrocities in Historic Admission
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — In a stunning reversal of his previous stance, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has publicly acknowledged for the first time that Eritrean military forces participated in the Tigray war and were responsible for mass killings of civilians, marking a dramatic shift in the official narrative surrounding […]