Download this page in PDF formatNAIROBI—Tensions rose between Ethiopia and Eritrea on Wednesday, after officials from the two hostile east African neighbors blamed each other for the killing of five European tourists along their border.
Ethiopian spokesman Bereket Simon said gunmen who carried out Monday’s attack in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia, about 25 kilometers from the Eritrean border, near the active Erta Ale volcano, were members of “subversive groups trained and armed by the Eritrean government.” He didn’t offer evidence to support his claim.
