🇪🇹 Ethiopia

War & Conflict

• All-out warEthiopia-Tigray

  Fighting between federal forces and the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) continues near the Eritrean border. Critical Threats reported that federal forces captured Sheraro, about 60 miles northwest of Shire, on Nov.…

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

• Federal troops reported entering Sheraro and Rama in northwestern Tigray; G7 voices 'great concern' over Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions

  Fighting in the north, reignited on Sept. 23 by an offensive from a rebel alliance including the TPLF, continues. Federal forces were reported to have entered Sheraro in northwestern Tigray on Nov. 4 and Rama on Nov. 7, with clashes also around Bizet (front-line accounts differ and are not independently verified). Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have pushed up to 60 km into Tigray, which Eritrea denies; the two cut diplomatic ties on Oct. 1. G7 foreign ministers meeting in Paris on Nov. 9-10 noted 'with great concern' the worsening security situation between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

  Sources: addisstandard.comcriticalthreats.org

Key relations

• Tension🇪🇹 Ethiopia → 🇪🇷 Eritrea

  Tigray intervention dispute after rupture; G7 concern

  Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have pushed up to 60 km into Tigray, which Eritrea denies. G7 foreign ministers voiced great concern on Nov. 10 over worsening security between the two.