Ethiopia conflict escalates beyond its border to neighboring Eritrea

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The leader of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia confirmed that his forces fired rockets at the airport in Eritrea’s capital over the weekend. He threatened that more will come. This major escalation raises fears of a wider war in the Horn of Africa region. Host Carol Hills speaks with Ahmed Soliman, a research fellow on the Horn of Africa at the London-based Chatham House.

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