Eritrea and Ethiopia shutter embassies as new Red Sea conflict looms

Eritrea and Ethiopia shutter embassies as new Red Sea conflict looms Submitted by Sean Mathews on Thu, 10/01/2026 - 19:22 In response to Ethiopia's embassy closure, Eritrea accused Addis Ababa of funding armed groups to topple government Tigray People's Liberation Front fighters walk towards a field in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, Ethiopia, on 30 June 2021(Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP) Off Eritrea and Ethiopia have severed all diplomatic ties after accusing one another of engaging in hostile actions, in a major flare-up that could foreshadow another war on the volatile Red Sea. Ethiopia…