US supported rebels in Tigray conflict - Eritrean leader
In the interview, Mr. Isaias also made the first admission that the conflict claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, though he made no mention of Eritrean casualties.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
The US is allegedly responsible for helping Tigrayan rebels during the recently ended civil war in northern Ethiopia, according to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki.
The president alleged that the US hurried the peace agreement between Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in a Sunday interview with local media to stop the rebels from losing on the battlefield.
After a two-year civil conflict that claimed tens of thousands of lives and left millions in desperate need of humanitarian aid, a peace agreement was struck in South Africa in November 2022.
In the interview, Mr. Isaias also made the first admission that the conflict claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, though he made no mention of Eritrean casualties.
Last week, accusations that Eritrean troops had engaged in war crimes in neighboring Ethiopia, where they had been sent to fight alongside federal forces and pro-government militia, were refuted by the reclusive leader.
