Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of preparing for war

Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of joining forces with a hardline opposition faction in preparing to launch a war, according to a letter from the foreign affairs ministry obtained by AFP on Wednesday.

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The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which dominated Ethiopian politics for some 30 years, has been banned from political activity.

Relations have been extremely strained for several months between the two neighbors, more than 30 years after Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia after a decades-long armed struggle.

Ethiopia’s foreign minister wrote in the letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that “the collusion between the Eritrean government and the TPLF has become more evident over the past few months…”.

“The hardliner faction of the TPLF and the Eritrean government are actively preparing to wage war against Ethiopia,” it added.