Explainer-Why are Ethiopia and Eritrea on the brink of a possible war?


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  • Friday, 14 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: A damaged Eritrean military tank is seen near the town of Wikro, Ethiopia, March 14, 2021.Picture taken March 14, 2021.REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

(Reuters) - Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in northern Ethiopia and regional experts have warned.

A conflict would signal the death blow to a historic rapprochement for which Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 and risk creating another humanitarian disaster in the troubled Horn of Africa region.

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