Many in the capital, Asmara, were given notice on Thursday and moved to the border with Ethiopia's Tigray region, within hours, sources told the BBC. Eritrea has been fighting alongside Ethiopia's central government troops since the civil war broke out in Tigray in late 2020. Several human rights organisations have accused Eritrean soldiers of committing atrocities in Ethiopia, but these claims have been denied by Eritrean officials. The peace deal won Mr Abiy the Nobel Peace Prize a year later. During Mr Isaias' rule, apart from fighting Ethiopia, Eritrea has found itself at war with all its neighbours at some point - Yemen in 1995, Sudan in 1996 and Djibouti in 2008.

Source: Ethiopian News September 16, 2022 22:57 UTC