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.
