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Eritrea has severed diplomatic relations with Ethiopia in a direct response to Ethiopian actions against Eritrean officials. Ethiopia announced it will shut its embassy in the Eritrean capital Asmara and has declared ten Eritrean diplomats persona non grata, prompting Eritrea's reciprocal move to break ties. The diplomatic rupture represents an escalation in tensions between the two Horn of Africa nations and threatens to destabilize an already fragile regional security environment. The exchange of hostile diplomatic moves raises concerns about potential broader conflict in a region already dealing with the Tigray war and other ongoing conflicts.