African nations on ‘knife’s edge’ as US embassy warns Americans of long-range attacks

The entire Horn of Africa region is said to be on a knife’s edge.

As explosions reportedly claimed to be caused by drones hit Ethiopia's capital city in early October, the U.S. embassy in Addis Ababa warned U.S. citizens of the danger of ‘long-range attacks.' Analysts say there’s a high probability that Ethiopia and Eritrea are about to erupt in a new war, with worrying regional backing for both sides.

Former CIA analyst and National Security Council Africa director Cameron Hudson says the Trump administration needs to become more involved.

He told Fox News Digital, "Regional leaders will say privately that they don’t want a regional war.

But with so many armed actors and so much meddling going on in each other’s countries, a regional conflagration becomes increasingly likely.

It is this kind of miscalculation that the Trump Administration needs to be working now to guard against." EXCLUSIVE: TRUMP ENVOY BLASTS SOUTH AFRICA OVER HATEFUL ‘KILL' CHANT, SAYS COUNTRY IS DRIFTING TOWARD US FOES The U.S.

Embassy in Addis Ababa took to its website to caution Americans in Ethiopia that it "is aware of reports of possible long-range attacks directed at Ethiopian military installations on several instances in October of this year.

U.S. citizens should accordingly exercise caution and follow the advice of local authorities." The Embassy also hit out at reported disinformation, "some social media accounts contain false and misleading reports about the security situation in Ethiopia.

U.S. citizens are urged to verify information using multiple sources or reliable information." Indeed, although explosions in and around Addis Ababa, mainly at military installations, can be confirmed as having taken place, it cannot be established that the frightening spectacle of drones crashing into buildings in a major African city which houses the headquarters of the African Union happened.

Requests for comment to the Ethiopian government were not returned.

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Jalale Getachew Birru, Regional Expert of the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data research group, told Fox News Digital this is potentially a worrying development.

"If identified as an aerial or drone attack, they exceed the capabilities of Ethiopia’s domestic insurgent groups, confirming Ethiopia's allegation of foreign state involvement." The rebel groups opposing Ethiopia’s government have joined together to form the Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Alliance for Survival.

This coalition claimed responsibility for the Addis Ababa attacks, stating they used drones.