{"id":56421,"date":"2026-02-03T15:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ethiopias-prime-minister-accuses-eritrea-of-mass-killings-during-tigray-war\/03\/02\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:31:24","slug":"ethiopias-prime-minister-accuses-eritrea-of-mass-killings-during-tigray-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ethiopias-prime-minister-accuses-eritrea-of-mass-killings-during-tigray-war\/03\/02\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia’s prime minister accuses Eritrea of mass killings during Tigray war"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) \u2014 Ethiopia’s<\/a> government Tuesday for the first time acknowledged the involvement of troops from neighboring Eritrea in the war in the Tigray region that ended in 2022, accusing them of mass killings, amid reports of renewed fighting<\/a> in the region.<\/p>\n

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed<\/a>, while addressing parliament Tuesday, accused Eritrean troops fighting alongside Ethiopian forces of mass killings in the war, during which more than 400,000 people are estimated to have died.<\/p>\n

Eritrean and Ethiopian troops fought against regional forces in the northern Tigray region in a war that ended in 2022 with the signing of a peace agreement.<\/p>\n

Eritrea\u2019s Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel told The Associated Press that Ahmed\u2019s comments were \u201ccheap and despicable lies\u201d and did not merit a response.<\/p>\n

Both nations have been accusing each other of provoking a potential civil war, with landlocked Ethiopia saying that Eritrea<\/a> is arming and funding rebel groups, while Eritrea says Ethiopia\u2019s aspiration is to gain access to a seaport.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rift did not begin with the Red Sea issue, as many people think,\u201d Ahmed told parliamentarians. \u201cIt started in the first round of the war in Tigray, when the Eritrean army followed us into Shire and began demolishing houses, massacred our youth in Axum, looted factories in Adwa, and uprooted our factories.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Red Sea and Ethiopia cannot remain separated forever,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia lost sovereign access to the Red Sea when Eritrea seceded in 1993 after decades of guerrilla warfare.<\/p>\n

Gebremeskel said the prime minister has only recently changed his tune in his push for access to the Red Sea.<\/p>\n

Ahmed “and his top military brass were profusely showering praises and State Medals on the Eritrea army and its senior officers. \u2026 But when he later developed the delusional malaise of \u2018sovereignty access to the sea\u2019 and an agenda of war against Eritrea, he began to sing to a different chorus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Eritrea and Ethiopia initially made peace after Abiy came to power in 2018, with Abiy winning a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts toward reconciliation.<\/p>\n

In June, Eritrea accused Ethiopia of having a \u201clong-brewing war agenda\u201d aimed at seizing its Red Sea ports. Ethiopia recently said that Eritrea was \u201cactively preparing to wage war against it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Analysts say an alliance between Eritrea and regional forces in the troubled Tigray region may be forming, as fighting has been reported in recent weeks. Flights by the national carrier to the region were canceled last week over the renewed clashes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s government Tuesday for the first time acknowledged the involvement of troops from neighboring Eritrea in the