humanitarian / regional spillover
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The New Humanitarian · Switzerland · Ethiopia and Eritrea mass forces toward Assab as the Horn edges to war
Frames the standoff through the humanitarian lens: a fresh Ethiopia-Eritrea war would compound Tigray's unhealed wounds and risk a multi-country displacement crisis across the Horn, foregrounding civilian exposure over geopolitics.
“The growing threat of conflict in the Horn of Africa risks a fresh humanitarian catastrophe.”