2026 Eritrean incursion into Ethiopia

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• Reader questions the verifiability of claims about Eritrean forces in northern Ethiopia; one report acknowledged lack of independent confirmation and was later removed.

Add: Eritrea and Ethiopia had a border conflict from 1998 to 2018 including the 1998 2000 Eritrean Ethiopian War Following the November 2020 November 2022 Tigray war the EDF remained present in several border regions of Tigray Region including Gulomahda and Irob as of September 2024 The Eritrean occupation of parts of Tigray was mapped by The Sentry in June 2025 EDF commanders carried out human trafficking kidnapping and illegal gold mining during their occupation of Ethiopian territory In 2025 Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and senior military officials issued repeated threats against Eritrea over control of the Red Sea coast Abiy said Ethiopia's loss of coastline following Eritrea's independence was a mistake that would be corrected while Ethiopian ambassador Bacha Debele declared that A. Add: drone strikes in Adigrat during 7 8 October Eritrean troops retreated north Ethiopia's state owned broadcaster the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation EBC published a piece conceding that claims of Eritrean forces entering northern Ethiopia lacked independent confirmation noting that international outlets had been unable to verify them It nevertheless tied the allegations to Ethiopia's demand for access to Eritrea's Red Sea coast the piece was subsequently removed from the EBC's website

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