27 Apr 2026 Washington is exploring normalisation with Asmara in talks driven by its control of over 1,000 kilometres of Red Sea coastline United States officials have been talking with Eritrea to explore normalising relations. Initiated by Egypt and Massad Boulos, Senior Africa Advisor to US President Donald J Trump, the meetings have involved Eritrea’s President Issayas Afewerki. Further meetings…
ARABNEWS KAMPALA: To his supporters, Ethiopia’s prime minister is a renaissance man trying to reimagine the old greatness of his country. To some others, Abiy Ahmed is a provocateur who could light a fire in the restive Horn of Africa region as he pushes for sovereign access to the sea via an unfriendly neighbor. In…
Toronto – Eritrea beat The Kingdom of Eswatini 4 to 1 in a qualifying match of the African Cup of Nations. But seven of the Eritrean players failed to return to Eritrea. Eritrea reached the qualifying match stage for the first time in 18 years. The first leg of the match was supposed to be in…
More than 3,000 Eritrean refugees have been detained in Egypt this year and some have reported sexual violence and torture, a human rights NGO said Monday. Eritrea, a Horn of Africa country of approximately 3.5 million inhabitants, has one of the most repressive governments in the world. Led since 1993 by President Isaias Afwerki, who has never…
ARAB NEWS ADDIS ABABA: The UN has urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to respect each other’s territorial integrity, voicing concern over “renewed tensions” between the two neighboring countries. For months, the Horn of Africa nations have traded accusations of destabilization, raising the spectre of a new war. Eritrea, which gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after…
Editor, BBC Tigrinya Thirteen people held for more than 18 years without trial in Eritrea have been released from a notorious military prison, relatives of the detainees have told the BBC. Among those freed were several prominent figures, including 69-year-old Olympian cyclist and businessman Zeragaber Gebrehiwot. They had been held at Mai Serwa prison, known…
28/1/2026 A Dutch court on Tuesday sentenced an Eritrean human trafficker to 20 years in prison after convicting him of running a migrant smuggling network in Libya and subjecting migrants to serious abuses in order to extort money from their families. According to Reuters, the 42-year-old defendant, known as Amanuel Walid, also referred to as…
AllAfrica analysisBy International Crisis Group The respected Brussels-based think tank, the International Crisis Group, has identified three conflicts in Africa as among the 10 world-wide which – following a violence-wracked 2025 – are expected to continue and which should receive most attention in 2026. The ICG’s list of “conflicts to watch” include those affecting Ethiopia and…
Dec 13 2025 Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, has called on Ethiopia and Eritrea to recommit to the terms of the Algiers Agreement as the two countries commemorate the 25th anniversary of the peace accord that ended a brutal conflict between them at the turn of the millennium. “Today marks the 25th anniversary…
Paul Leech | Georgetown U. Law Center, US December 16, 2025 07:41:27 am The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a press release on Monday calling for the release of thousands of people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea. The release states there are believed to be over 10,000 people arbitrarily detained in…
