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Asmara seeks designer for 30MW solar power plant

The tender for Eritrea's first solar power plant has been launched.

Subscribers only Energy 24.08.2023

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrives for a joint news conference with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto during his visit in State House in Nairobi, the 9th of February 2023. © Monicah Mwangi/Reuters

Afwerki cosies up to Ruto at Abiy's expense

The Eritrean president has made a rare diplomatic move for his traditionally isolationist country, seeking to distance his country from neighbouring Ethiopia by moving closer to Nairobi.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.02.2023

Asmara to build its first solar farm

Eritrea is planning to make up for its low national electrification rate by turning to renewable energy.

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2023

Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki in Khartoum in 2019. © Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

Red Sea ambitions of Isaias Afwerki thwarted

The Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki has been snubbed by the authorities in Khartoum after trying to increase his influence in eastern Sudan by playing on local community tensions.

Subscribers only Politics Diplomacy 18.08.2022

The port of Massawa caught the attention of the Chinese military delegation. © Eric Lafforgue/Alamy

Beijing has its eye on six potential development sites in Eritrea

Since the start of the year, China has been negotiating terms for a number of projects, ranging from mining and port ventures to military installations. Six sites are particularly concerned. They include ports but also strategically located inland towns.

Subscribers only Mining Business 04.05.2022

Deputy president and presidential candidate William Ruto, shown here on 15 March at his inauguration in Nairobi. © John Ochieng/Zuma Press/MaxPPP

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Isolated Ruto deploys his allies to win over the Horn

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.03.2022

Switzerland dispatches special envoy to Horn of Africa

Switzerland, which already had an extensive diplomatic network in Africa, has now been expanded further after the federal department of foreign affairs appointed Sylvain Astier as the country's special envoy for the Horn of Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.12.2022

Gulf and Asian countries keep a close eye on African and Western mediation in the Horn

With or without special envoys, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, China and Japan have ordered their diplomats to monitor the conflict and peace talks in Tigray closely.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.11.2022

Special envoys descend on Nairobi amid peace talks prospects on Tigray

The government of Tigray accepted yesterday evening a new African Union mediation offer, hours after the Ethiopian government did the same. Three days ago, US envoy Mike Hammer hurried back to the region. Special envoys from Europe and the UN were due to meet on Friday.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.10.2022

Eighteen Eritrean mutineers interned in a camp in Afar

With the agreement of the Eritrean general staff, 18 of the 52 soldiers who had fled from Eritrea to Ethiopia were transferred to the Asaita refugee camp.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.06.2022

China's Horn peace conference to focus on security, development, good governance

With Ethiopia still embroiled in a violent civil war, the first Chinese-led "peace conference" will be held in Addis Ababa on 20 and 21 June.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.06.2022

Italian diplomat to become EU ambassador to Asmara

Currently a European External Action Service (EEAS) official, where he works in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) department, Italian diplomat Gianluca Grippa is soon to be appointed as the EU ambassador to Eritrea.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.05.2022

IGAD struggles to respond to devastating Horn of Africa drought

Delegates from member countries of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have met in Kenya to discuss the worsening drought in the region. Governments are calling for more funding, while donors admit that attempts so far to resolve the situation have failed.

Free Diplomacy 20.05.2022

Emirates' 'Mr Africa' makes low-key French tour

The UAE Minister of State for African Affairs, Shakhboot bin Nahyan, was in Paris this week to discuss East Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.03.2022

United Arab Emrates Minister of State for African Affairs, Shakhboot bin Nahyan.

In Tigray, an uncertain lull

Direct clashes between federal troops and the TDF have subsided. Meanwhile, African Union envoy Obasanjo is staffing up a mediation team that has been stalling for months.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.03.2022

The failure of mediation over Tigray whets the appetites of Moscow and Beijing

The low-key visit to the Horn of Africa in early February by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was followed by the appointment of a special Chinese envoy for the region. Their interest coincides with the loss of momentum in the ongoing talks between Kenya and the African Union.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.03.2022

Having established links with Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi, Hargeisa lobbies Washington for recognition

Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi is putting the finishing touches to a trip that will take him to Washington in mid-March. There he hopes to rally his supporters in Congress to plead with the Biden administration for the recognition of the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.02.2022

Abdelfattah al-Sisi's very personal diplomacy in the Horn

The Egyptian president snubbed an African Union summit and instead attended the Beijing Olympics in the company of his financial sponsor, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. Sisi is continuing his strategy of encircling his Ethiopian rival and consolidating his position in Sudan and Djibouti.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.02.2022

Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi (right) welcomed his Djiboutian counterpart Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) in Cairo, 7 February 2022.

Covid-19 stalls Erdogan and MbZ's grand diplomatic designs

After catching Covid-19, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan was forced to cancel his trip planned on 14 February to Abu Dhabi, where he was hoping to discuss the conflicts in the Horn of Africa with Crown Prince MbZ

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.02.2022

African Union special envoy Obasanjo's team takes shape at last

Until now, the former Nigerian president has been left to carry out his mission as Special Envoy of the AU to the Horn of Africa pretty much on his own, despite the numerous conflicts and political instability in the region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.02.2022

The special envoy for the Horn of Africa, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.

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MbZ proposes diplomatic package to Sisi and Abiy ahead of AU summit

Ahead of the African Union summit to be held in Addis Ababa on 5-6 February, the UAE's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan has been busy trying to shape a role for the UAE as a mediator in the region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.02.2022

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.

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Afwerki's diplomatic blitz to mediate between Khartoum and Addis

With implicit support from the Emirates and with less than two weeks to prepare, the Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki took on the role of mediator between his neighbours. An initiative which could be seen as an act of defiance directed towards international institutions, and not least the UN, which has placed sanctions on Eritrea.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.01.2022

Former diplomatic superstar Haile Menkerios sets up consultancy in Mauritius

The former Under-Secretary General and Permanent Representative of the United Nations (UN) to the African Union (AU), Haile Menkerios of Eritrea, was appointed director of the Mauritian company PDI Horizon Agency in early December.

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2022

Paris and Djibouti set to renew defence deal amid regional turmoil

French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly is due to travel to Djibouti on 21 November to discuss renewing the 10-year agreement that allows France to station troops there. Djibouti, which hosts seven foreign military contingents, is an island of stability in a region wracked by a coup in Sudan, the escalation of war in Ethiopia and political deadlock in Somalia.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.11.2021

French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly will visit Djibouti on November 21.

After Paris and Brussels, Obasanjo heads to New York

The African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa is coordinating with his Western partners on the strategy to be adopted to encourage the parties to the Ethiopian conflict to negotiate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.10.2021

Olusegun Obasanjo, African Union (AU) special envoy to the Horn of Africa, was received on October 7, 2021 by French President Emmanuel Macron (right).

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Asmara seeks designer for 30MW solar power plant

Afwerki cosies up to Ruto at Abiy's expense

Asmara to build its first solar farm

Red Sea ambitions of Isaias Afwerki thwarted

Beijing has its eye on six potential development sites in Eritrea

Spotlight Isolated Ruto deploys his allies to win over the Horn

Switzerland dispatches special envoy to Horn of Africa

Gulf and Asian countries keep a close eye on African and Western mediation in the Horn

Special envoys descend on Nairobi amid peace talks prospects on Tigray

Eighteen Eritrean mutineers interned in a camp in Afar

China's Horn peace conference to focus on security, development, good governance

Italian diplomat to become EU ambassador to Asmara

IGAD struggles to respond to devastating Horn of Africa drought

Emirates' 'Mr Africa' makes low-key French tour

In Tigray, an uncertain lull

The failure of mediation over Tigray whets the appetites of Moscow and Beijing

Having established links with Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi, Hargeisa lobbies Washington for recognition

Abdelfattah al-Sisi's very personal diplomacy in the Horn

Covid-19 stalls Erdogan and MbZ's grand diplomatic designs

African Union special envoy Obasanjo's team takes shape at last

Spotlight MbZ proposes diplomatic package to Sisi and Abiy ahead of AU summit

Spotlight Afwerki's diplomatic blitz to mediate between Khartoum and Addis

Former diplomatic superstar Haile Menkerios sets up consultancy in Mauritius

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