conflict in #Ethiopia escalates horizontally - with two rocket attacks from #Tigray into #Amhara's airports, and unconfirmed reports of three rockets fired into #Eritrea towards Asmara | BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54942546
Tigray forces had announced 'retaliatory attacks' across the border https://twitter.com/shewgiMAhmed/status/1327612182591393792?s=20
it's extremely difficult to get accurate updates from Ethiopia these days. One of the key questions is what is going on with top officials from Tigray in federal government, given their (historical) importance. The question is political and analysis should resist ethnic reduction
an extremely sensitive question of the composition of the Ethiopian army, where high officers from Tigray are historically preponderant. Pres. Abiy has sought to strike a balance with the first Min of Defense not from Tigray after 25 years
U.S govt top diplomat for Africa Tibor Nagy: "The United States strongly condemns the TPLF’s unjustifiable attacks against Eritrea on November 14 and its efforts to internationalize the conflict in Tigray” | Reuters https://reut.rs/3psUbMu 
U.S condemns Tigray forces' attacks on Eritrea

The U.S. State Department's top diplomat for Africa on Sunday denounced attacks by Ethiopia's rebellious Tigray region on neighbouring Eritrea.

https://reut.rs/3psUbMu
the regional dimension: Khartoum and war in and around Ethiopia’s Tigray | FP https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/14/sudan-will-decide-outcome-ethiopian-civil-war-abiy-tigray/
Sudan Will Decide the Outcome of the Ethiopian Civil War

As Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed goes to war against Ethiopia’s former rulers—the Tigray People’s Liberation Front—Khartoum’s moves will determine whether the conflict remains a local…

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/14/sudan-will-decide-outcome-ethiopian-civil-war-abiy-tigray/
ethnofederalism in Ethiopia, the constitutional stake in historical perspective - brief analysis of the Tigray conflict by Alex De Waal | BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54932333
Tigray crisis: Why Ethiopia is spiralling out of control

The warring sides in Tigray see history very differently, and that could cost tens of thousands of lives.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54932333
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