13:58 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThe US secretary of state has cut short a three-nation tour of Africa following a volcano eruption that has created an ash cloud over parts of East Africa.<\/p>\n
Hillary Clinton, who arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Monday, is now due to leave shortly.<\/p>\n
US officials said the decision was taken because the cloud was due to move towards the city, shutting the airport.<\/p>\n
The cloud, triggered by an eruption in Eritrea, has led to the cancellation of some flights to East Africa.<\/p>\n
The German airline Lufthansa cancelled flights to both Eritrea and neighbouring Ethiopia.<\/p>\n
Mrs Clinton had been due to leave for the US on Tuesday afternoon. But a senior US official told AFP news agency said she would be leaving later on Monday “because the ash cloud is moving towards Addis and it could cover the city”.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Monday, she addressed the 53-member African Union and met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.<\/p>\n
She then cancelled a scheduled media briefing and held meetings with advisers to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir as well as Salva Kiir, president of the soon-to-be independent South.<\/p>\n
The Dubbi volcano, in the Southern Red Sea Region, erupted on Sunday, sending plumes of ash 13km (eight miles) into the air.<\/p>\n
It was its first eruption since 1861 and was preceded by a series of earthquakes.<\/p>\n
The ash is expected to reach Saudi Arabia, Jordan and southern Israel, the Israel Meteorological Survey said.<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia and Jordan were likely be severely affected by the ash, it said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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