The U.N. Security Council sent Japan’s U.N. ambassador to the Horn of Africa Thursday to assess troop movements along the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the danger of an escalation into war. On Oct. 5, the Eritrean government banned helicopter flights by U.N. peacekeepers in its airspace in a buffer zone with Ethiopia. It then banned U.N. vehicles from patrolling at night on its side of the zone, leading the U.N. to vacate 18 of its 40 posts. Full Story