Ethiopia Closes Asmara Embassy, Expels 10 Eritrean Diplomats

BREAKING: #Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the closure of its embassy in Asmara and declared 10 #Eritrean diplomats in Addis Abeba persona non grata, ordering them to leave the country within 48 hours.

#Ethiopia is sharply escalating: closing its embassy in #Asmara and expelling 10 #Eritrean diplomats. After alleging Eritrean military involvement in Afar without evidence, Addis is now cutting diplomatic communication, steps that risk widening the conflict to Eritrea.

Opposition attacks on #Ethiopian airfields suggest rebel forces have gained experience w drones. Sudan’s long war may be one source of know-how. In 2020–22, #ENDF’s won mainly due to #Eritrean support and drones; fastforward Abiy alienated Eritrea & drones are not unique to ENDF.

For Those Claiming No One Saw This Coming In #Tigray

“Should Abiy continues to escalate further, #Ethiopia could come to represent a shared existential threat, forcing a convergence of interests between Mekelle and Asmara, and by extension, with #Eritrean-backed Fano forces in the #Amhara region.”

Metropolitan Washington, D.C. hosted the largest #Eritrean community outside of Eritrea, but sizable communities also formed in Columbus, Ohio, Atlanta, Georgia, and Dallas, Texas.

In 2021, the US admin under President Joe Biden imposed sanctions against Eritrea’s ruling party and military as well as senior #Eritrean officials for their role in a war in #Ethiopia, where Eritrean forces backed Ethiopian troops fighting regional authorities in the northern #Tigray region. 2/

US Lifts Sanctions on Eritrean Military In Diplomatic Reset

US removes sanctions on #Eritrean Defense Forces. The comes amid the ongoing and expanding war in the Middle East and renewed focus on the Red Sea where Eritrea’s coastline is opposite Saudi Arabia. 1/

Commission of Inquiry on Tigray Genocide: “The report depicts that EDF (the #Eritrean Defense Force) shares 55.63% of the (286,250) SGBV perpetrated on #Tigray women and girls, followed by 35.78% by #ENDF (the #Ethiopian National Defense Force), 5.75% by #Amhara forces, and 0.07% by Afar forces.” 2/

Another Sawa Scum Rapes In the United Kingdom

Radiet Meles, an #Eritrean former soldier, who was released after an attempted rape in the UK, has now been convicted again for rape. Eritrean soldiers have raped tens of thousands in #Tigray. Maybe, these animals are being trained to rape in Sawa. 1/

The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office announced the arrest of two suspected members of the terrorist organization "Brigade N'Hamedu Deutschland" on Tuesday. Th... https://news.osna.fm/?p=63993 | #news #detained #eritrean #extremist #german