US Urges 'Restraint' as Ethiopia's Tigray Crisis Rocks Region
The commission urged the three countries to use diplomatic channels after expulsions and broken ties raised fears of wider regional instability.
- On Thursday, the African Union Commission urged Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt to show "maximum restraint" after Ethiopia closed its embassy in Asmara and expelled 10 Eritrean diplomats, with Eritrea responding by severing all diplomatic ties.
- The diplomatic break accelerated as Egypt joined the expulsions on Friday; Cairo told an Ethiopian counsellor to leave within 48 hours, with an Egyptian source calling Ethiopia's initial move "unfortunate and unjustified."
- Ethiopia also expelled an Egyptian diplomat without explanation on October 1, and Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty questioned the AU's involvement Saturday, saying recent Ethiopian statements seek to divert attention from domestic crises.
- Regional leaders gather Sunday in Alamein, Egypt, for a mini-summit including the presidents of Egypt, Eritrea and Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and Sudanese Armed Forces head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, as the US State Department urges "maximum restraint."
- The 2020-2022 civil war killed more than 600,000 according to the African Union, and the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement, brokered by African institutions and Washington, was never fully implemented, leaving regional stability fragile.
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US Urges Ethiopia, Eritrea to Show Restraint
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US urges Ethiopia, Eritrea to show restraint - The Tribune
The United States urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to exercise maximum restraint amid rising cross-border tensions, warning that a new military conflict could trigger a severe humanitarian crisis across the Horn of Africa and jeopardise ongoing bilateral cooperation.
The United States warned of the repercussions of the escalation of tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea, calling on both countries to exercise maximum restraint and to return to dialogue and cooperation in order to avoid a new conflict in the Horn of Africa.
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