29 February 2024 Thank you Mr Vice-President, The UK thanks the speakers for their interventions, and we share their concerns, including on Eritrea’s continued policy of indefinite national service, which affects the lives of thousands, and is the reason many young Eritreans give for leaving their country. Eritrea should take steps to regularise the duration…
A peace that is formal, transparent and of tangible benefit to the peoples of both countries is required Friday, December 15, 2023 The historically fraught relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea is deteriorating once again. A seemingly momentous peace deal that brought the two sides together in 2018 now appears to have been a brief interlude…
The Economist 2 Jan 2024 Abiy Ahmed is doing a deal for a stretch of Somaliland’s coast Geopolitics in the Horn of Africa is already off to a combustible start in the new year. On January 1st Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, and Muse Bihi Abdi, his counterpart in the would-be state of Somaliland next door,…
The Guardian 13 Nov 2023 Eritrea’s football federation withdrew its men’s team from 2026 World Cup qualifying owing to fears that players would attempt to seek political asylum during trips abroad, according to sources close to the squad. A joint statement from Fifa and the Confederation of African Football (Caf) on Friday said that “all of Eritrea’s…
ALZAZEERA Ethiopia’s tone on access to a seaport is seen as either a distraction from domestic policy failures or the start of another regional war. By Zecharias ZelalemPublished On 7 Nov 20237 Nov 2023 Since 1991 when Eritrea gained independence from neighbouring Ethiopia, one of the world’s oldest countries and Africa’s second most populous country, has…
PRESS STATEMENT MATTHEW MILLER, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON DECEMBER 12, 2023 Twenty-three years ago today, Ethiopia and Eritrea, with the support of the international community, concluded the Algiers Agreement and committed to demarcate a common border. In 2018, in a historic peace agreement, both countries recommitted to respect the borders as established. On this anniversary, it is…
ተጋዳላይ ኢዮብ ሃይለ ብሃንደበታዊ ሓደጋ ካብዛ ዓለም ብ ዕለት 7/12/2023 ተፈልዩ። በዚ ዘጋጠመ ሓዘን መሪር ሓዘን እናተሰም ዓና ንተጋዳላይ ኢዮብ ሃይለ መንግስተ ሰማያት የዋርሶ ንስድራቤቱን ብጾቱን ድማ ጽንዓት ይሃብ። ናይ ሓዘን ተኻፈልቲ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ጉባኤ ኤርትራ
TN Full text of the Agreement on Peace, Friendship and Comprehensive Cooperation between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the State of Eritrea signed in Jeddah, also known as the Jeddah Peace Agreement. The Seven Article Jeddah Peace Agreement signed between the leaders of Eritrea and Ethiopia on the 16th of September 2018 before…
TN October 22, 2023 What is Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed thinking? Fresh from a two-year civil war in which hundreds of thousands of people died and the economy went from one of Africa’s best performing to the verge of default, Abiy has chosen to threaten his neighbors. In a public lecture, the Nobel Peace…
BY BRIAN GICHERU KINYUA The Horn of Africa is synonymous with land conflicts, but a recent lecture by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed could shift focus to the control of the Red Sea. In July, rumors started spreading that the Ethiopian government was plotting to establish a link to the Red Sea, with hope of…
