Why Eritrea Won't Leave Ethiopia.

When U.S. Sen. Chris Coons visited Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and met Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in March, the United States' top demand was that Abiy should order the withdrawal of Eritrean troops from the Tigray region. In his statement to the Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives on March 23, shortly after seeing Coons, Abiy was at pains to explain why it would be difficult for Isaias to withdraw his troops in the absence of Ethiopian federal forces to close the gap that could be created by the withdrawal. [Extracted from the article]