埃塞俄比亚和厄立特里亚周四断绝外交关系，双方互相指责对方煽动内部冲突，与此同时埃塞俄比亚北部战事持续。
Ethiopia and Eritrea broke diplomatic ties on Thursday, accusing each other of stoking internal conflicts as fighting continued in northern Ethiopia.
这两个邻国长期存在的紧张关系在上周埃塞俄比亚政府军与提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）爆发激烈战斗后达到危机点，引发外界担忧2020年至2022年那场造成估计60万人死亡的毁灭性内战卷土重来。埃塞俄比亚指责厄立特里亚支持提格雷人民解放阵线。
Long-standing tensions between the two neighbours reached a crisis point after heavy fighting broke out last week between Ethiopian forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), raising fears of a return to the devastating 2020–2022 civil war that killed an estimated 600,000 people. Ethiopia accused Eritrea of supporting the TPLF.
亚的斯亚贝巴宣布驱逐10名“威胁埃塞俄比亚国家安全”的厄立特里亚外交官，并将关闭其在阿斯马拉的大使馆。
Addis Ababa said it was expelling 10 Eritrean diplomats who “pose a direct threat to Ethiopia’s national security” and would shut its embassy in Asmara.
厄立特里亚外交部随即回应称，它“别无选择，只能以牙还牙，与埃塞俄比亚断绝一切外交关系”。自上周埃塞俄比亚北部重燃战火以来，已有数百人伤亡。
Eritrea’s foreign ministry responded shortly after that it “has no option but to reciprocate in kind and sever all diplomatic ties with Ethiopia”. Hundreds have been killed and wounded since heavy fighting resumed in northern Ethiopia last week.
主导提格雷州的提格雷人民解放阵线向邻国阿法尔州和阿姆哈拉州发动攻击，与当地民兵并肩作战。
The TPLF, which dominates the state of Tigray, launched attacks into neighbouring Afar and Amhara states, fighting alongside local militias.
埃塞俄比亚总理阿比·艾哈迈德尚未就此次危机发表评论，定于周一宣誓就职新任期，此前他在6月大选中获胜。但他面临多线作战的局面，因为多个武装团体已结成联盟对抗他。
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has yet to comment on the crisis, is due to be sworn in for a new term on Monday after winning elections in June. But he faces conflict on multiple fronts as several armed groups have formed an alliance against him.
厄立特里亚1993年从埃塞俄比亚独立，双方于1998年至2000年爆发边境战争。
Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 and they fought a border war from 1998 to 2000.
2018年阿比上台后关系改善，两国甚至在上次内战中联手对抗提格雷武装。
Ties improved when Abiy came to power in 2018, and the two countries even fought together against the Tigrayans during the last civil war.
但此后关系急剧恶化，厄立特里亚表达担忧，称内陆国埃塞俄比亚意图入侵并夺取通往红海的通道。
But relations then deteriorated sharply, with Eritrea voicing fears that landlocked Ethiopia intended to invade and seize access to the Red Sea.
厄立特里亚外交部周四表示：“三年来，埃塞俄比亚一直在推行‘通过入侵主权厄立特里亚港口和沿海地区获取主权海洋通道’这一既定目标，对厄立特里亚进行持续敌对活动。”
Ethiopia “has been pursuing an agenda of incessant hostility … against Eritrea for three years in pursuit of ‘the imperative of acquiring sovereign access to the sea’ through the invasion of sovereign Eritrean ports and coastal areas,” the Eritrean foreign ministry said on Thursday.
与此同时，亚的斯亚贝巴托尔海洛奇地区埃塞俄比亚国防军（ENDF）总部发生的一起夜间爆炸，引发了人们的担忧，即军方与反政府武装的冲突首次蔓延到了首都。
Meanwhile, an overnight explosion at the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) headquarters in the Tor Hayloch area of Addis Ababa raised fears that the army’s conflict with rebel groups had reached the capital for the first time.
外交和安全消息人士证实了爆炸发生，但无法说明起因或责任方，也无法提供伤亡数字。
Diplomatic and security sources confirmed the blast but could not say its cause or who was responsible, nor give any casualty figures.
“爆炸发生在总部，威力很大。它震动了周边地区，引发了附近民众的极大恐慌，”一名附近酒吧的工作人员告诉法新社，转述了据称当时在现场工作的同事提供的信息。总理办公室和军方发言人均未回应置评请求。周三，国家情报与安全局下令禁止首都周边所有无人机飞行。
“The explosion took place at the HQ and was powerful. It shook the surrounding area and triggered significant panic among people in the vicinity,” a worker at a nearby bar told Agence France-Presse, relaying what he said was information from colleagues there working at the time. Neither the prime minister’s office nor the army spokesperson responded to requests for comment. On Wednesday, the National Intelligence and Security Services ordered a ban on all drone flights around the capital.
冲突监测组织ACLED称，周日，疑似与反政府联盟有关的无人机袭击了奥罗米亚州和阿姆哈拉州的军用和民用机场。
Conflict monitor ACLED said drones suspected to be linked to the anti-government alliance targeted army and civilian airports in Oromia and Amhara states on Sunday.
与此同时，在埃塞俄比亚北部内战的前线，周四出现了提格雷反政府武装被击退的迹象。
Meanwhile, on the front lines of the internal fighting in northern Ethiopia, there were signs that the Tigrayan rebels were being pushed back on Thursday.
一名人道主义消息人士称，提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）已被赶出阿法尔州的埃雷布蒂镇，该镇是本周早些时候被其占领的，目前正在阿法尔与提格雷交界的山区边境附近作战。
A humanitarian source said the TPLF had been dislodged from the town of Erebti in Afar, which it seized earlier this week, and was now fighting near the mountainous border between Afar and Tigray.
一支亲政府民兵在X平台上称已收复埃雷布蒂，以及提格雷南部的马切乌镇。本周早些时候接受采访的当地居民称，马切乌遭受了猛烈炮击。
A pro-government militia said on X it had retaken Erebti, as well as Maychew town in southern Tigray. Locals interviewed earlier this week said Maychew had endured heavy shelling.
核实情况很困难，因为媒体被禁止前往受影响地区，且通讯严重中断。
Verification is difficult as media are prevented from travelling to affected areas and there are significant communications disruptions.
医疗慈善组织无国界医生（MSF）称，截至9月25日，其在提格雷的科雷姆和阿拉马塔医院已收治420多名伤员，在提格雷西部的希雷医院收治300多名伤员。该人道主义消息人士估计，阿法尔州已有数万人逃离家园。
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said it haded more than 420 wounded at Korem and Alamata hospitals in Tigray by September 25, and more than 300 at Shire in western Tigray. The humanitarian source estimated that tens of thousands have fled their homes in Afar. By Agence France-Presse