Ethiopia

Ethiopia Accuses Eritrea of 'All-Out Invasion'

Is Eritrea violating Ethiopia's sovereignty, or is Addis Ababa using the allegations to justify its own regional ambitions?

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Ethiopia Accuses Eritrea of 'All-Out Invasion'

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Above: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos attends an A.U. event on the Tigray peace process in Addis Ababa on Feb. 16, 2025. Image credit: Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-government narrative

Sending mechanized columns dozens of miles into a neighbor's territory is an invasion, and no government can be expected to shrug that off. Ethiopia's appeal to the U.N. Security Council is exactly how a state under attack should behave — seeking international backing and diplomatic support before escalating militarily. Letting this aggression go unanswered risks drawing Somalia, Sudan and Egypt into a full-scale regional war.

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Government-critical narrative

Demanding control of a port that belongs to a neighbor and then crying invasion is a convenient way to justify grabbing Assab by force. The real war here is the one waged on Tigrayans and Amharas, with drone strikes killing civilians and homes being destroyed while responsibility gets shifted abroad. Pinning a homegrown rebellion on Asmara rather than addressing underlying grievances only invites a wider regional war nobody needs.