Ethiopia’s Tigray region claims rocket strikes on Eritrea airport

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Ethiopian migrants, who fled intense fighting in their homeland of Tigray, wait for their ration of food in the border reception centre of Hamdiyet in the eastern Sudanese state of Kasala.—AFP ADDIS ABABA: The leader of the Tigray region of Ethiopia on Sunday claimed responsibility for rocket strikes targeting the airport in neighbouring Eritrea’s capital, a move that ratcheted up fears of a wider conflict in the Horn of Africa region. Diplomats said that multiple rockets had struck the capital, Asmara, landing near the airport, though communications restrictions in Tigray and Eritrea made the reports difficult to verify. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on Nov 4...

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