East Africa: Heavy Fighting Reported on Ethiopia-Eritrea Border

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Eritrean soldiers (file photo).
12 June 2016
allAfrica.com

Heavy fighting has broken out on the Tsorena front of Ethiopian-Eritrean border, HornAffairs has reported, quoting "multiple sources".

According to the Awramba Times, fighting is taking place in two separate fronts, Tsorena and Zalanbesa.

Addis Standard tweeted that Eritrea launched a "surprise attack on Ethiopia last night along the border" in southern Eritrea, but the government spokesperson has "no solid information as of yet".

"Reliable sources" told the Awramba Times that the Eritrean regime launched the attack after the recent report by UN Commission of Inquiry, in which it says the regime has committed crimes against humanity.

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