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    <text>Eritrea's foreign ministry announces that the country will cut off diplomatic ties with Ethiopia over renewed fighting in the Tigray region. </text>
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      <text>Eritrean forces are reported to have entered Ethiopia's Tigray Region and are moving south toward Mekelle. </text>
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    <text>Eritrean forces are reported to have invaded Ethiopia's Tigray Region and are moving south toward Mekelle. </text>
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    <text>Ethiopian forces capture Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region, after the withdrawal of the Tigray People's Liberation Front. </text>
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    <text>Ethiopia closes its embassy in Eritrea and announces the expulsion of ten Eritrean diplomats from the country, after accusing its neighbour of financing the Tigray People's Liberation Front. </text>
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      <text>Explosions caused by suspected drone strikes are reported in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Abeba, including one near the Ethiopian National Defense Force' headquarters. </text>
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    <text>Explosions caused by suspected drone strikes are reported in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa, including one near the Ethiopian National Defense Force' headquarters. </text>
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    <text>A drone strikes Tigrai Television's headquarters in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, forcing the station off air, while Tigray People's Liberation Front forces capture Erebti, Afar Region, and advance toward Afdera. </text>
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      <text>The annual Ashenda festival in Ethiopia's Tigray Region capital Mekelle is cancelled over drone strike fears. </text>
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    <text>The annual Ashenda festival in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, is cancelled over drone strike fears. </text>
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    <text>It is reported that the situation on the border between Ethiopia and Sudan is calm following recent clashes between the Ethiopian Army and Tigray People's Liberation Front that sparked fears of a new conflict four years after a peace agreement was signed in 2022 to end the war in Tigray. </text>
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    <text>New clashes are reported across the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigray People's Liberation Front, four years after the previous war in the region ended, prompting hundreds to flee to war-torn Sudan amidst fears of a new civil war. </text>
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    <text>The Government of National Stability, which controls eastern Libya, prohibits the entry of citizens of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan through all land, sea and air ports, citing a reorganization of procedures governing the entry of foreign nationals. </text>
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    <text>Ethiopia's National Election Board reports that prime minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party will secure a parliamentary majority in the country's general election. </text>
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  <text>Eritrea's foreign ministry announces that the country will cut off diplomatic ties with Ethiopia in response. </text>
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