Ethiopia calls for immediate withdrawal of Eritrean troops in letter to UN

Ethiopia's ​government has called ‌for the ​immediate withdrawal of Eritrean ‌troops from its territory in a letter to the UN Security ‌Council shared with Reuters by a ‌senior government source on Friday. In the letter, dated Oct. 8, ⁠Ethiopia's ​Foreign ⁠Minister Gedion Timothewos said the Eritrean troops' ⁠presence left Ethiopia with "no option but ​to defend itself against ⁠Eritrea".

Eritrean soldiers were seen in northern ⁠Ethiopia ​this week, witnesses and experts told Reuters, days ⁠after the Horn of Africa neighbors severed ⁠diplomatic ⁠ties, raising fears of outright conflict.