Asmara - Ethiopian Antonov bombers attacked the airport at the Eritrean Red Sea port Assab yesterday, but Eritrean officials said all the bombs missed their targets. It was the first time in the current round of fighting between the two Horn of Africa states that Ethiopia has bombed an Eritrean airport.
A European Union delegation left the region on Saturday after trying unsuccessfully to broker a ceasefire. It was the latest in a series of peace initiatives led by the Organisation of African Unity and the US.