The large-scale war between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray regional government forces ended in November 2022 with the signing of the Pretoria Agreement. The two sides agreed that the ...

Eritrea has accused the United Arab Emirates of pursuing what it described as “port colonialism” in Africa, warning that Abu ...

Ethiopia's political history is often reduced to the decisions of political parties and armed movements. Eritrea's independence, in particular, is sometimes portrayed as the result of a choice made ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - The recent arrest of Eritrea’s former finance minister is a troubling sign that repressive tactics continue despite changes in Eritrea’s diplomatic engagements. Human Rights Watch ...

To the Ethiopian authorities, Tsimdo is a shadowy alliance linking Eritrean actors, Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) hardliners and other opponents of the federal government. To those accused ...

Having fought its neighbours, Eritrea has few friends. Offers of help from the West are turned away as the president believes aid does more harm than good, but people starve and flee abroad. Leaning ...

The geopolitical temperature is rising in the Red Sea. Ethiopia is threatening Eritrea, its diminutive neighbour, making a claim on the Eritrean port of Assab. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ...

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt7zsthg Map 1 Provinces, Main Towns and Ethno-linguistic Groups of Eritrea Map 1 Provinces, Main Towns and Ethno-linguistic ...

At the centre of the escalating hostility between Ethiopia and Eritrea lies Assab, a highly strategic port on the Red Sea coast. Assab has been part of Eritrea since the country seceded from Ethiopia ...

Imagine a country where keeping reporters imprisoned is a common policy. Welcome to Eritrea, where press freedom is not just limited—it’s been almost completely erased. CPJ’s latest data shows Eritrea ...