Eritrea is mobilizing its military in preparation to send it to Ethiopia to help its neighbor in the war in the Tigray region, activists and governments say, and the UK and Canada have issued travel advisories asking citizens of the two countries in Eritrea to do the exercises. caution.
Eritrean human rights activist Myron Stefanos said: “Her cousin has been summoned and is fighting somewhere in Ethiopia and we don’t know if he is alive or not.”
“Just a pathetic war,” added Meron, director of the Eritrean Refugee Rights Initiative.
Witnesses said in Eritrea: This is gathering people, including students and civil servants across the country.
Eritrea, one of the world’s most isolated countries, is introducing military service for all its citizens between the ages of 18 and 40. Human rights groups report that this practice, which in most cases continues indefinitely, is forcing thousands of young Eritreans into exile.
Eritrean forces were fighting alongside Ethiopian federal forces in a war in the Tigray region, which borders Eritrea, when that conflict erupted in November 2020.
The Tigray authorities now confirm that the Eritreans are about to re-enter the war that broke out in August after a lull in fighting earlier this year.
The conflict is estimated to have claimed tens of thousands of lives and left millions without basic services for more than a year.
