Ethiopia and Eritrea sever diplomatic ties as northern fighting escalates

Ethiopia and Eritrea broke diplomatic ties on Thursday, accusing each other of stoking internal conflicts as fighting continued in northern Ethiopia. Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of backing a rebel group, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which launched a major assault against government forces last week, raising fears of a return to the devastating 2020–2022 civil war that killed an estimated 600,000 people. Addis Ababa said it was expelling 10 Eritrean diplomats who “pose a direct...