New satellite imagery of one of the world's most reclusive nations shows a military build-up inside Eritrea near the border with Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, backing up witness accounts of a new, large-scale offensive. Eritrea has fought alongside Ethiopia against Tigray forces. The satellite imagery provided by Maxar Technologies shows what Maxar described as battle tanks, self-propelled howitzers, and an M-46 field gun battery in the Eritrean town of Serha, near the border, on Sept. 19. Ethiopia, Eritrean forces launch joint offensive in Tigray https://t.co/cjuHmANTcp — africanews 😷 (@africanews) September 1, 2022The town is across the border from the Tigray town of Zalambessa, one of the first communities overrun in the war. Eritrea is one of the world's most closed countries to independent journalists, and images from there related to the war in Ethiopia are rare.

Source: Ethiopian News September 29, 2022 23:15 UTC