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Witnesses told Reuters that dozens of Eritrean soldiers drove through Adigrat, a town in Ethiopia's Tigray region about 25 kilometres from the border, on 7 October.
The World Bank raised its 2026 growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa to 4.3% on 6 October, 0.3 percentage points above its April projection, after growth of 4.1% in 2025.
The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) said on 6 October that it will sell $840 million at foreign exchange auctions in the second quarter of the 2026/27 fiscal year, up from $500 million in the first.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was sworn in for a second five-year term on 5 October at the first session of the new House of Peoples' Representatives.
Ethiopian federal forces and allied fighters entered Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, on 4 October after the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) announced its withdrawal.
The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan issued a joint declaration in New Alamein, Egypt, on 4 October.
The Tigray Peace Forces (TPF), a pro-government militia, said on 2 October it had captured Milazat, about 20 kilometres south-east of Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region.
Ethiopia and Egypt each expelled a diplomat on 2 October with 48 hours to leave, a day after Ethiopia's break with Eritrea.
Ethiopia closed its embassy in Asmara on 1 October and gave 10 Eritrean diplomats 48 hours to leave, citing "direct and indirect acts of hostility and belligerence".
Explosions were heard overnight in Addis Ababa on 1 October, diplomatic sources told Reuters, and a source in the rebel alliance claimed drone strikes on targets including the military headquarters.
Ethiopia is preparing to withdraw more than 3,000 soldiers from Somalia within days or weeks to reinforce its war against Tigrayan and other rebels, Bloomberg reported on 1 October.
Ethiopian federal forces have pushed more than 150 kilometres into Tigray and retaken three towns about 39 kilometres from the regional capital, Mekelle, Al Jazeera reported on 30 September, citing government-linked sources.
