Ethiopia-Eritrea: Is there a risk of a wider conflict?

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Ethiopia and Eritrea are moving closer to a potential conflict, raising fears that fighting could spread across their border. Ethiopia has reportedly taken control of Zalambessa, while observers warn that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed could send troops into Eritrea.

Concerns are mounting as Ethiopia and Eritrea inch closer to war. With Ethiopia now having taken control of the border town of Zalambessa, the fear is that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will send his troops into Eritrea. In Perspective, we spoke to Martin Plaut, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London.