{"id":54724,"date":"2026-02-09T21:37:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/eritrea-rejects-ethiopian-claims-of-troops-inside-borders"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:30:46","slug":"eritrea-rejects-ethiopian-claims-of-troops-inside-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/eritrea-rejects-ethiopian-claims-of-troops-inside-borders","title":{"rendered":"Eritrea Rejects Ethiopian Claims of Troops Inside Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Tensions are rising in the Horn of Africa after Eritrea forcefully rejected Ethiopian claims that its troops are operating inside Ethiopian territory.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Asmara called the accusations \u201cfalse and fabricated,\u201d after Ethiopia demanded Eritrean forces withdraw, accusing them of backing insurgents fighting federal troops, particularly in the Amhara region.<\/p>\n<p>Eritrea\u2019s Information Minister says the allegations were part of a hostile campaign against his country and insisted Eritrea has no desire to escalate tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Relations between the two neighbours have long been volatile. Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993, but the countries later fought a brutal border war that killed tens of thousands.<\/p>\n<p>Although Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed once pursued peace, earning a Nobel Prize, the alliance fractured after the Tigray war, which killed at least 600,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Disputes over troop withdrawals, rebel alliances, and Ethiopia\u2019s push for sea access continue to strain an already fragile relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Eritrea<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Tensions are rising in the Horn of Africa after Eritrea forcefully rejected Ethiopian claims that its troops are operating inside Ethiopian territory. Asmara called the accusations \u201cfalse and fabricated,\u201d after Ethiopia demanded Eritrean forces withdraw, accusing them of backing insurgents fighting federal troops, particularly in the Amhara region. Eritrea\u2019s Information Minister says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[255,233,274],"class_list":["post-54724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-asmara","tag-eritrea","tag-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eritrea Rejects Ethiopian Claims of Troops Inside Borders - Eritrea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Eritrea. 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