US reports explosions in Eritrea’s capital

Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in Qadarif, eastern Sudan (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)

The US embassy in Eritrea has said six explosions were heard on Saturday night in the capital, Asmara.

It follows an embassy report of another “loud noise, possibly an explosion” in the city on Friday, nearly two weeks after the government of neighbouring Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray region confirmed firing missiles at the city during its war with Ethiopian federal forces.