Can Ethiopia ever be at peace? Four reasons conflict keeps flaring up - The Conversation

Open this photo in gallery:Members of Ethiopian Federal Police patrol as they resume operations after federal forces pushed back the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front in Mekelle on Oct. 9. Ethiopia alleges Eritrea is supporting TPLF, which launched a rebellion last month in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray.-/AFP/Getty ImagesAfter weeks of clashes and military advances by both sides, a full-scale war between Ethiopia and Eritrea is looming as an increasingly dangerous possibility, triggering fears of another crisis in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopian troops, backed by tanks and heavy weapons, have rapidly approached the Eritrean border in recent days, while Eritrea reportedly sent thousands of its own soldiers across the border into northern Ethiopia. Both sides have expelled each other’s diplomats and severed relations, accusing each other of plotting war. U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio became the latest diplomat to plead for peace this week. In a phone call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, he cited the “heightened tensions” and urged all countries to “avoid cross-border incursions.” The region cannot tolerate more conflict, he told Mr.

(Document circulated to UNSC Member States on 13 October yesterday in response to “Ethiopia’s Note on Current Developments” of 11 October 2026) Over the past three years, the Government of Ethiopia has sustained and progressively intensified its unprovoked war agenda against Eritrea under the rubric of acquiring “Sovereign access to the sea, through negotiations if possible and force if necessary”, in violation of the UN Charter and the 2018 Peace and Friendship Agreement between the two countries. Ethiopia’s acts of aggression and destabilization include the pronounced establishment of a Naval Force with jurisdiction over and strategic depth in Eritrea’s southern coastal region.

On Friday, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos wrote to the U. N. Security Council, citing Article 51 of the U. N. Charter, to say Eritrean troops had advanced up to 38 miles into Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and that Ethiopia would defend itself against the incursion. On Saturday, Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh wrote a separate letter to the Security Council, calling Ethiopia’s accusations a “declaration of war.” Saleh cited a statement he attributed to Ethiopia’s deputy chief of staff, Gen. Abebaw Tadesse, who, according to the letter, said on September 27 that the “ultimate objective of the war [in Tigray] was to invade Assab,” a city on Eritrea’s Red Sea coast. Ethiopian forces, meanwhile, reportedly struck Eritrean forces near Adirgat, in Ethiopia's Tigray region, with drones on Wednesday and Thursday. An unnamed security source told AFP that between 5,000 and 8,000 Eritrean troops are deployed in Tigray. To understand why Ethiopian and Eritrean troops are now clashing, one must look back at 2020, when Ethiopia’s federal government under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed fought the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).

A 3D render of an inflamed bowel. (ALIOUI Mohammed Elamine/Canva) For people with inflammatory bowel disease, feeling better on treatment doesn't always mean a permanent improvement – the disease can flare again. A study suggests part of the explanation may lie in intestinal cells that stay fragile even when symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea are controlled. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are the main forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Both involve chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. Treatment can bring IBD into remission, a period when its activity subsides, but another flare can follow. A form of inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease is an inflammation of the intestinal wall. (CDC)Researchers found signs of abnormal cell death in gut tissue even from patients whose disease was under control. "The bowel may still carry a vulnerability that is not apparent from symptoms alone," gastroenterologist Britt Christensen, head of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, told ScienceAlert.