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Will Eritrea and Ethiopia Go To War? Tension Rising

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Toronto – The hostility between the Abiy Ahmed led Federal government and President Isaias Afeworki’s Eritrea has become open. The latest confirmation was an Op-Ed piece former Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome published on Aljazeera a few days ago accusing the Eritrean government of aligning with one faction of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to trigger another conflict. He alleged that Eritrea has intention to stir conflict in the region and that the international community has to act now to avert it.

The Eritrean government responded to the accusation just a day after Mulatu’s publication. Yemane Gebremeske, Eritrea’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, called Mulatu’s view “war mongering.”

With the developments within Tigray region of Ethiopia where the Debretsion led faction of TPLF is said to have prepared itself for another round of war, there is a fear that the two countries will go to War.

The two countries have a history of two years of bloody war which was fought between 1998 and 2000.

Dawit Yemane, Calgary based Eritrean activist, dismisses the view that another war could break out between the two countries. “The war will be in the media. Abiy Ahmed does not have the capacity to wage war. And there is no interest on the part of Eritrea to wage war,” he said. Yet, he doubts himself and remarked “Abiy might try.”

Take a listen to his interview with Anchor media and share your views in the comment section.