Eritrea

- Ethiopia and Eritrea have severed diplomatic ties over renewed fighting in Tigray, with Ethiopian forces retaking Mekelle from rebel fighters and witnesses reporting Eritrean troops inside northern Ethiopia, escalating tensions between the two countries. - The conflict has raised fears of a wider regional war involving multiple Horn of Africa nations. - Ethiopia expelled Eritrean diplomats and closed its embassy in Asmara, reversing previous rapprochement.