Eritrea calls for 'pressure' on Ethiopia to respect neighbours' 'sovereignty'

Eritrean people walk on September 11, 2018 to the border with Ethiopia in Serha, Eritrea, as two land border crossings between Ethiopia and Eritrea were reopened for the first time in 20 years in Serha. [AFP]

The international community must push Ethiopia to respect "the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighbours", Eritrea said late Tuesday, as tensions rise between the two Horn of Africa nations.

Fierce foes since Ethiopia's independence in 1993, the two countries signed a peace deal in 2018.