Drone strikes reportedly targeted Eritrean military vehicles in northern Ethiopia as Addis Ababa demanded troop withdrawal amid worsening bilateral tensions

Drone strikes in northern Ethiopia, competing claims over Red Sea access, and a new four-country diplomatic alignment threaten to deepen instability across the Horn of Africa [CAIRO] Fears of a wider war in the Horn of Africa grew this week after Ethiopian drones reportedly struck Eritrean troops in northern Ethiopia,

Ethiopian drones hit Eritrean troops in Tigray, a monitor says, as a local paper reports the army seized US$10 million of drones bought for rebels via Sudan.

Ethiopia and Eritrea each accused the other of starting a war of aggression on Friday as an internal Ethiopian conflict threatened to escalate into a regional war.

Asharq Al Awsat Ethiopia's federal police fanned out Friday across the regional capital of Tigray after anti-government forces pulled out, driving in vehicles and calling on residents over loudspeakers to help establish a new administration following the rebels' withdrawal.