00:00Tensions are rising in the Horn of Africa after Eritrea forcefully rejected Ethiopian claims that its troops are operating inside Ethiopian territory.
00:10Asmara called the accusations false and fabricated after Ethiopia demanded Eritrean forces withdraw,
00:17accusing them of backing insurgents fighting federal troops, particularly in the Amhara region.
00:24Eritrea's information minister says the allegations are part of a hostile campaign against his country.
00:30And insisted Eritrea has no desire to escalate tensions.
00:34Relations between the two neighbours have long been volatile.
00:38Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993, but the countries later fought a brutal border war that killed tens of thousands.
00:46Although Prime Minister Afri Ahmed once pursued peace, earning a Nobel Prize,
00:52the alliance fractured after the Tigray War, which killed at least 600,000 people.
00:58Disputes over troop withdrawals, rebel alliances and Ethiopia's push for seat access continue to strain an already fragile relationship.
01:06We'll see you till the end one of this week.
01:10For more on, let's see.
01:13Pardon me.
01:13Let's see.
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