Ethiopia-Eritrea: Is there a risk of a wider conflict?

Zalambessa, Ethiopia

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Concerns are mounting as Ethiopia and Eritrea inch closer to war. With Ethiopia now having taken control of the border town of Zalambessa, the fear is that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will send his troops into Eritrea. In Perspective, we spoke to Martin Plaut, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London.

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22 Oct 2026, 15:40 UTC

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France 24

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