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Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of a troop incursion and demands an immediate withdrawal ACLED says Eritrean forces crossed the border at Zelambesa and that Ethiopian drones struck them at Guada Residents say TPLF fighters are leaving Mekelle as federal forces retake the city's airport Adigrat residents say Eritrean soldiers in two trucks drove through the town; Yemane Gebremeskel denies any Eritrean presence Ethiopia's parliament re-elects Abiy Ahmed prime minister and swears him in for a five-year term; Ahmed Shide elected Speaker Residents say Tigray forces have withdrawn from Shire; federal troops had not entered the town US Embassy in Addis Ababa warns of possible long-range attacks on Ethiopian military installations and tells citizens to leave Amhara, Tigray and Afar Osman Saleh discussed Red Sea security with the foreign ministers of Algeria, Burkina Faso and Egypt Wazema reports senior Tigray security officials detained in Mekelle UN says more than 400 Sudanese are crossing into Chad every day Federal troops and Tigray forces fighting on three fronts: the army holds Alamata and Sekota, Tigray forces push into Afar UN rights chief warns Ethiopia against a return to full-scale war President Taye presses Ethiopia's case for sea access and Security Council reform at the UN UN rights chief says five schools in Tigray were hit by airstrikes, urges de-escalation At least 27 killed in two mass shootings in South African townships Sudanese doctors say RSF looted and wrecked hospital in recaptured Sodari UN says a UN agency warehouse and aid groups' stores in Tigray have been looted, disrupting relief work UCI fines Girmay, Mulubrhan and Eritrea's sports director over team kit at the Worlds Sudan and Egypt reject Ethiopian army chief's accusation; Sudan says the RSF was aided from Ethiopian soil Sudan Tribune: RSF takes $4 a barrel from South Sudan oil exports Ethiopia's National Rehabilitation Commission calls on fighters in Tigray to hand over their weapons and enter demobilisation centres around Mekelle Sudan's attorney general rejected the UAE's hosting of the UN crime congress Venezuela frees 39 political prisoners after talks with the opposition Sudan Tribune says an RSF faction commander joined the army with 50 fighters Trump rejects Iran plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz Sudan's army says it downed an RSF drone in North Kordofan as warplanes resume strikes on Nyala Trump rejected Iran's seven-day proposal; Iran says it will not back down New 180,000 cubic metre dam inaugurated at Adi-Hawosha Drone strike hits major fuel depot in central Sudan Saudi Arabia complains to the UN over a drone strike on its aid convoy in Sudan Two killed as an RSF drone strikes a displacement shelter in El Obeid The Guardian says armed groups in Tigray are forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15; the TPLF rejects the accusation Saudi Arabia asks UN to protect Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb and the Red Sea Meskel celebrated across Eritrea, with Patriarch Abune Basilios leading prayers in Asmara Telecoms and internet cut in Tigray Osman Saleh calls at the UN for an end to the war destabilising the Horn and to intervention "under the rubric of humanitarian assistance"Seventeen killed in shooting at South African bar Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarch calls for peace and reconciliation at Meskel Eritrean riders in action at the World Championships in Montreal Eritrea rejects Ethiopian army chief's accusation US State Department urges Ethiopia and Eritrea to show maximum restraint and return to the 2018 peace framework Two of the seven groups named in Ethiopia's new rebel alliance say they are not part of it Eritrea takes part in the 195th UCI Congress in Montreal German and Russian foreign ministers hold first talks since 2022 Fighting spreads into Afar with clashes in Abala Young men leaving Tigray over forced-recruitment fears HRW: Mekelle airstrike should be investigated as a possible war crime Addis Standard says federal police opened fire on residents in Negele Borana, killing a 17-year-old and wounding six Burhan rejects US conditions for a truce Critical Threats Project says Fano fighters have cut federal supply routes to Mekelle on two highways Japan urges compliance with the Pretoria Agreement; Britain condemns the Tigray forces' attacks Internet and phone lines cut across Tigray Sudanese army says it has taken Sodari in North Kordofan Ethiopians sweep Berlin Marathon as Assefa misses world record by 1:08 Ethiopian army chief says forces are answering with wisdom and restraint Fano says it captured army vehicles and weapons in Amhara Drone hits Tigrai TV headquarters in Mekelle, taking the station off air Explosion heard at Kombolcha airport as flights are suspended Arrests near UK air base used by US forces Israel's foreign ministry says it is working to evacuate about 20 Israelis stranded in Lalibela Plane crash in DR Congo kills 17, including two senior military officials EU announces almost 710 million euros in new humanitarian and migration funding Djibouti price surge squeezes Ethiopian truck drivers as Yemen war clouds Red Sea route Afar president accuses the Eritrean army of taking part in the fighting Al Jazeera says the Ethiopian army has retaken Sekota; federal forces reported closing in on Alamata Rising cost of living in Djibouti squeezes Ethiopian truck drivers on the corridor Darfur authorities reopen the Tina crossing with Chad for aid deliveries Ethiopia presses case for sea access at the UN General Assembly Afar party chief says Tigray forces seized three towns in Zones 2 and 4; AFP told Erebti has fallen Patriarch Abune Mathias calls for peace at the Meskel Demera in Addis Ababa AFP says a drone strike on a displacement camp at Sheraro in north-western Tigray killed at least eight, including a child BBC says at least 52 civilians were killed in three days of fighting around Alamata, with more than 700 wounded Abraham Belay says a new interim administration will be set up in Tigray with elections within months, and accuses Eritrean forces of fighting alongside the TPLF Houthis say they struck Abha airport after losing ground at Bab el-Mandeb African Union Commission urges Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt to exercise maximum restraint and return to diplomacy Isaias Afwerki travels to Egypt for a heads-of-state summit on Red Sea and Nile Basin security Somalia's president rejects any Israeli presence and says Mogadishu does not object to Ethiopian sea access through Somali territory Al Jazeera says federal forces have pushed more than 150km into Tigray and taken Mekoni, Wajena and Adi Gudom Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia issue El Alamein joint declaration: Red Sea governance rests with littoral states alone Sisi hosts a four-way meeting at New Alamein with Isaias, al-Burhan and Somalia's Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Pirates killed five crew of the hijacked tanker Honour 25 as Puntland forces recovered the ship and captured 16 Debretsion says the war has entered a new and decisive phase Six US senators urge Rubio to push for a return to Tigray talks and criticise the lapse of sanctions UN and AU back Obasanjo's renewed mediation and urge a return to direct talks in northern Ethiopia Houthis say Saudi Arabia carried out air strikes on Sanaa and three Yemeni provinces Live: Eritrea v South Africa — Africa Cup of Nations qualifier Eritrea severs all diplomatic ties with Ethiopia and accuses it of invading Eritrean ports and coastal areas Egypt's foreign minister demands Egypt's Nile water share be doubled and rejects any new dams Ethiopia's Somali region council re-elects Mustafa Omer president and Ibrahim Osman Farah vice president DW says residents reported 11 killed and 15 wounded at the Alamata market; the claim could not be verified Osman Saleh meets US officials in Washington and welcomes the removal of unilateral sanctions Two drone explosions reported at Ethiopia's Bishoftu air force base; senior pilot Kassahun Lema killed Isaias and el-Sisi hold extensive talks at New Alamein, Eritrea's Information Ministry says Ethiopia orders an Egyptian diplomat out within 48 hours; Egypt orders out a counsellor at Ethiopia's embassy in Cairo Red Cross moves 161 people, including African Union monitors and Ethiopian Airlines staff, from Mekelle to Semera Ethiopia closes its embassy in Asmara and orders 10 Eritrean diplomats out within 48 hours EU allocates €61 million for Ethiopia as the UN says aid access is severely restricted Somali army and forces loyal to ousted South West president fight for Baidoa Bloomberg says Ethiopia plans to pull more than 3,000 troops out of Somalia; Somalia says it was given no notice UN Security Council to hold closed consultations on northern Ethiopia UAE condemns TPLF attacks and declares full solidarity with Ethiopia's government MSF says war-wounded at its Korem and Alamata hospitals rose from 180 to more than 420 in four days Bloomberg says two explosions were heard in Addis Ababa as drone flights over the capital are suspended Tigray forces close to cutting Ethiopia's Djibouti road; at least 150,000 displaced in Afar Ethiopia's Council of Ministers approves a redraft of the Defence Forces Proclamation and sends it to parliament

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of a troop incursion and demands an immediate withdrawal ACLED says Eritrean forces crossed the border at Zelambesa and that Ethiopian drones struck them at Guada Residents say TPLF fighters are leaving Mekelle as federal forces retake the city's airport Adigrat residents say Eritrean soldiers in two trucks drove through the town; Yemane Gebremeskel denies any Eritrean presence Ethiopia's parliament re-elects Abiy Ahmed prime minister and swears him in for a five-year term; Ahmed Shide elected Speaker Residents say Tigray forces have withdrawn from Shire; federal troops had not entered the town US Embassy in Addis Ababa warns of possible long-range attacks on Ethiopian military installations and tells citizens to leave Amhara, Tigray and Afar Osman Saleh discussed Red Sea security with the foreign ministers of Algeria, Burkina Faso and Egypt Wazema reports senior Tigray security officials detained in Mekelle UN says more than 400 Sudanese are crossing into Chad every day Federal troops and Tigray forces fighting on three fronts: the army holds Alamata and Sekota, Tigray forces push into Afar UN rights chief warns Ethiopia against a return to full-scale war President Taye presses Ethiopia's case for sea access and Security Council reform at the UN UN rights chief says five schools in Tigray were hit by airstrikes, urges de-escalation At least 27 killed in two mass shootings in South African townships Sudanese doctors say RSF looted and wrecked hospital in recaptured Sodari UN says a UN agency warehouse and aid groups' stores in Tigray have been looted, disrupting relief work UCI fines Girmay, Mulubrhan and Eritrea's sports director over team kit at the Worlds Sudan and Egypt reject Ethiopian army chief's accusation; Sudan says the RSF was aided from Ethiopian soil Sudan Tribune: RSF takes $4 a barrel from South Sudan oil exports Ethiopia's National Rehabilitation Commission calls on fighters in Tigray to hand over their weapons and enter demobilisation centres around Mekelle Sudan's attorney general rejected the UAE's hosting of the UN crime congress Venezuela frees 39 political prisoners after talks with the opposition Sudan Tribune says an RSF faction commander joined the army with 50 fighters Trump rejects Iran plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz Sudan's army says it downed an RSF drone in North Kordofan as warplanes resume strikes on Nyala Trump rejected Iran's seven-day proposal; Iran says it will not back down New 180,000 cubic metre dam inaugurated at Adi-Hawosha Drone strike hits major fuel depot in central Sudan Saudi Arabia complains to the UN over a drone strike on its aid convoy in Sudan Two killed as an RSF drone strikes a displacement shelter in El Obeid The Guardian says armed groups in Tigray are forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15; the TPLF rejects the accusation Saudi Arabia asks UN to protect Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb and the Red Sea Meskel celebrated across Eritrea, with Patriarch Abune Basilios leading prayers in Asmara Telecoms and internet cut in Tigray Osman Saleh calls at the UN for an end to the war destabilising the Horn and to intervention "under the rubric of humanitarian assistance"Seventeen killed in shooting at South African bar Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarch calls for peace and reconciliation at Meskel Eritrean riders in action at the World Championships in Montreal Eritrea rejects Ethiopian army chief's accusation US State Department urges Ethiopia and Eritrea to show maximum restraint and return to the 2018 peace framework Two of the seven groups named in Ethiopia's new rebel alliance say they are not part of it Eritrea takes part in the 195th UCI Congress in Montreal German and Russian foreign ministers hold first talks since 2022 Fighting spreads into Afar with clashes in Abala Young men leaving Tigray over forced-recruitment fears HRW: Mekelle airstrike should be investigated as a possible war crime Addis Standard says federal police opened fire on residents in Negele Borana, killing a 17-year-old and wounding six Burhan rejects US conditions for a truce Critical Threats Project says Fano fighters have cut federal supply routes to Mekelle on two highways Japan urges compliance with the Pretoria Agreement; Britain condemns the Tigray forces' attacks Internet and phone lines cut across Tigray Sudanese army says it has taken Sodari in North Kordofan Ethiopians sweep Berlin Marathon as Assefa misses world record by 1:08 Ethiopian army chief says forces are answering with wisdom and restraint Fano says it captured army vehicles and weapons in Amhara Drone hits Tigrai TV headquarters in Mekelle, taking the station off air Explosion heard at Kombolcha airport as flights are suspended Arrests near UK air base used by US forces Israel's foreign ministry says it is working to evacuate about 20 Israelis stranded in Lalibela Plane crash in DR Congo kills 17, including two senior military officials EU announces almost 710 million euros in new humanitarian and migration funding Djibouti price surge squeezes Ethiopian truck drivers as Yemen war clouds Red Sea route Afar president accuses the Eritrean army of taking part in the fighting Al Jazeera says the Ethiopian army has retaken Sekota; federal forces reported closing in on Alamata Rising cost of living in Djibouti squeezes Ethiopian truck drivers on the corridor Darfur authorities reopen the Tina crossing with Chad for aid deliveries Ethiopia presses case for sea access at the UN General Assembly Afar party chief says Tigray forces seized three towns in Zones 2 and 4; AFP told Erebti has fallen Patriarch Abune Mathias calls for peace at the Meskel Demera in Addis Ababa AFP says a drone strike on a displacement camp at Sheraro in north-western Tigray killed at least eight, including a child BBC says at least 52 civilians were killed in three days of fighting around Alamata, with more than 700 wounded Abraham Belay says a new interim administration will be set up in Tigray with elections within months, and accuses Eritrean forces of fighting alongside the TPLF Houthis say they struck Abha airport after losing ground at Bab el-Mandeb African Union Commission urges Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt to exercise maximum restraint and return to diplomacy Isaias Afwerki travels to Egypt for a heads-of-state summit on Red Sea and Nile Basin security Somalia's president rejects any Israeli presence and says Mogadishu does not object to Ethiopian sea access through Somali territory Al Jazeera says federal forces have pushed more than 150km into Tigray and taken Mekoni, Wajena and Adi Gudom Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia issue El Alamein joint declaration: Red Sea governance rests with littoral states alone Sisi hosts a four-way meeting at New Alamein with Isaias, al-Burhan and Somalia's Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Pirates killed five crew of the hijacked tanker Honour 25 as Puntland forces recovered the ship and captured 16 Debretsion says the war has entered a new and decisive phase Six US senators urge Rubio to push for a return to Tigray talks and criticise the lapse of sanctions UN and AU back Obasanjo's renewed mediation and urge a return to direct talks in northern Ethiopia Houthis say Saudi Arabia carried out air strikes on Sanaa and three Yemeni provinces Live: Eritrea v South Africa — Africa Cup of Nations qualifier Eritrea severs all diplomatic ties with Ethiopia and accuses it of invading Eritrean ports and coastal areas Egypt's foreign minister demands Egypt's Nile water share be doubled and rejects any new dams Ethiopia's Somali region council re-elects Mustafa Omer president and Ibrahim Osman Farah vice president DW says residents reported 11 killed and 15 wounded at the Alamata market; the claim could not be verified Osman Saleh meets US officials in Washington and welcomes the removal of unilateral sanctions Two drone explosions reported at Ethiopia's Bishoftu air force base; senior pilot Kassahun Lema killed Isaias and el-Sisi hold extensive talks at New Alamein, Eritrea's Information Ministry says Ethiopia orders an Egyptian diplomat out within 48 hours; Egypt orders out a counsellor at Ethiopia's embassy in Cairo Red Cross moves 161 people, including African Union monitors and Ethiopian Airlines staff, from Mekelle to Semera Ethiopia closes its embassy in Asmara and orders 10 Eritrean diplomats out within 48 hours EU allocates €61 million for Ethiopia as the UN says aid access is severely restricted Somali army and forces loyal to ousted South West president fight for Baidoa Bloomberg says Ethiopia plans to pull more than 3,000 troops out of Somalia; Somalia says it was given no notice UN Security Council to hold closed consultations on northern Ethiopia UAE condemns TPLF attacks and declares full solidarity with Ethiopia's government MSF says war-wounded at its Korem and Alamata hospitals rose from 180 to more than 420 in four days Bloomberg says two explosions were heard in Addis Ababa as drone flights over the capital are suspended Tigray forces close to cutting Ethiopia's Djibouti road; at least 150,000 displaced in Afar Ethiopia's Council of Ministers approves a redraft of the Defence Forces Proclamation and sends it to parliament

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Residents say Tigray forces have withdrawn from Shire; federal troops had not entered the town

Two residents told the Associated Press that fighters left north-western Tigray's main town on Wednesday, and that shops closed as traders moved their goods for fear of looting.

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The Associated Press said two residents of Shire, Mesu'ud Ahmed and Abadi Halefom, told it they saw Tigray fighters withdraw from the town on Wednesday. It said federal and allied forces had not entered the town by Wednesday evening and that control of it was unclear. The agency said it could not independently verify the accounts.

Residents of Shire, the main town in north-western Tigray, told the Associated Press that Tigray forces withdrew from the town on Wednesday. Mesu'ud Ahmed and Abadi Halefom said they saw fighters leaving earlier in the day, and that federal and allied forces had not entered the town when they spoke to the agency on Wednesday evening. Mesu'ud said shops had closed and traders had moved their goods for fear of looting. Shire is one of the main centres for people displaced by the fighting in Tigray and a base for humanitarian work. Ermiyas Ababu, a commander of the pro-government Tigray Peace Force, told the AP that his force was working with the Ethiopian National Defence Force to expand its control across Tigray. The accounts could not be independently verified, and neither the federal government nor the TPLF has commented.

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