EU says drone strikes risk Ethiopia 'fragile hope'

Drone attacks on a significant Tigray city, in northern Ethiopia, have been cited by the European Union as endangering "a very fragile hope" for peace.

The People's Liberation Front of Tigray accused the Ethiopian government of being behind the assault.

Drone strikes on Wednesday resulted in at least 10 fatalities and 18 injuries, according to medical professionals in Mekelle.

The EU urged the parties to the conflict to reach a permanent truce through negotiation as soon as possible.

However, it added that Eritrea, Ethiopia's neighbor to the north, continues to obstruct peace attempts.

Eritrea is allegedly accused by Tigrayan forces of aiding Ethiopian government forces in recent battles.

Despite his men's victories on the battlefield on numerous other fronts, a leading Tigrayan general said that Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers had taken control of a Tigrayan border town.

Neither the governments of Ethiopia nor Eritrea have responded to the allegations.

The delivery of supplies into the region has now been suspended as a result of the renewed fighting, which has already hampered humanitarian operations to assist civilians in Tigray, where millions of people are in urgent need of assistance.