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Eritrea
In the face of Addis Ababa's ambitions, Eritrea looks for Red Sea support

Amid tensions with neighbouring Ethiopia threatening to spiral out of control, Asmara is looking to Riyadh and Cairo to rekindle security cooperation around the Red Sea.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.04.2025

Spotlight | Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tigray leaders dangerously torn between Addis Ababa and Asmara

Relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea are at their lowest point since the end of the war in Tigray in 2022. Amid fears of a new conflict, both governments are trying to win over the Tigrayan leaders, who are more divided than ever.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.02.2025

TIA president Getachew Reda (l.) and TPLF president Debretsion Gebremichael (r.) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16 February 2025.

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Eritrean diaspora's Brigade Nhamedu set to open Addis Ababa branch

The organisation of young people in exile opposed to head of state Isaias Afwerki's regime will open a local branch in the Ethiopian capital in the coming days.

Subscribers only Politics 07.02.2025

Algeria
Algiers spares no effort to push its candidate for AU Commission deputy chair

In the run-up to next month's election for the African Union role, rival North African countries are busy preparing their campaign arguments. Algeria has sent two ministers across the continent in search of backing.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.01.2025

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Eritreans detained in Ethiopia sue for release amid tense bilateral relations

In the midst of a verbal escalation between Abiy Ahmed and Isaias Afwerki, Eritrean nationals in Ethiopia seem to be targetted by the authorities.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.12.2024

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Exiled Eritrean opposition strives to protect refugee compatriots

The diaspora hopes to make the most of Ethiopia's apparent tolerance of Eritrean dissident groups to improve the lot of Eritrean refugees - and to prepare for a post-Isaias Afwerki era.

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2024

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Eritrea's football team resurrected to face Ethiopia

For the first time since January 2020 when they lost 1-0 at home in Asmara to Sudan in a friendly, the Eritrean men's national team will once more play an international football match.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.10.2024

Eritrea, Ethiopia
AU enters final negotiations on Peace and Security Council line-up

The African Union's Executive Council is to decide today on the composition of the next Peace and Security Council, despite the East African region having yet to appoint its representatives. The North African countries have, however, come to an agreement.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.02.2024

A special session of the Peace and Security Council on Sudan at the AU HQ in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 2 May 2023.

Italy
Rome summit to test Meloni's African diplomacy

A score of heads of state and government have confirmed their attendance in Rome, where the Italian prime minister will lay out her African policies, from energy diplomacy to migration.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 24.01.2024

Giorgia Meloni and Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in Algiers, on January 22, 2023.

Eritrea
Eritrean Football Association and government clash over World Cup qualifiers

Eritrea is considering withdrawing from the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, fearing players might see them as an opportunity to run away.

Free access Diplomacy 07.11.2023

Spotlight | South Africa
BRICS seeks to reinvent itself at Johannesburg summit

At this year's summit in the South African economic capital, the BRICS grouping (Brazil, India, Russia, China, South Africa) agreed to admit six new, non-aligned countries into its ranks. It also voiced its ambitions to create a more structured organisation and transform the block's economic power into diplomatic and financial influence.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.08.2023

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and president of China Xi Jinping attend a meeting during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on 24 August 2023.

Sudan
Sisi struggles to drum up interest in Sudan summit

The summit of states neighbouring on Sudan, which is due to take place in Cairo on 13 July, will be attended only by Chad, South Sudan and Egypt. Two months of diplomatic effort on the part President al-Sisi have produced minimal results.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.07.2023

Eritrea, Kenya
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

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.

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa
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

In Focus | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed builds tailored security strategy to fight Oromia rebels

While the eyes of the world are on northern Ethiopia, another conflict has been going on quietly in Oromia. In this region, the most populous in Ethiopia, the prime minister is trying to modify his strategy to curb the OLA rebellion.

Subscribers only Defence 03.10.2022

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali with soldiers as he joins the frontline against rebel groups for the second time in Ethiopia, 29 November 2021.

Eritrea, Sudan
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

Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki in Khartoum in 2019.

Somalia
President Hassan Sheikh bets the house on containing Al-Shabaab

As well as carrying out a rare attack on Ethiopian territory, the Al-Shabaab terrorist group is taking advantage of the disarray among the security forces to take up position around the Somali capital. Somalia's recently elected president is looking to secure the resources he needs to wage the open war he has declared against it.

Subscribers only Politics 28.07.2022

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Isaias Afwerki

Eritrea
In the face of Addis Ababa's ambitions, Eritrea looks for Red Sea support

Spotlight | Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tigray leaders dangerously torn between Addis Ababa and Asmara

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Eritrean diaspora's Brigade Nhamedu set to open Addis Ababa branch

Algeria
Algiers spares no effort to push its candidate for AU Commission deputy chair

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Eritreans detained in Ethiopia sue for release amid tense bilateral relations

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Exiled Eritrean opposition strives to protect refugee compatriots

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Eritrea's football team resurrected to face Ethiopia

Eritrea, Ethiopia
AU enters final negotiations on Peace and Security Council line-up

Italy
Rome summit to test Meloni's African diplomacy

Eritrea
Eritrean Football Association and government clash over World Cup qualifiers

Spotlight | South Africa
BRICS seeks to reinvent itself at Johannesburg summit

Sudan
Sisi struggles to drum up interest in Sudan summit

Eritrea, Kenya
Afwerki cosies up to Ruto at Abiy's expense

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa
Gulf and Asian countries keep a close eye on African and Western mediation in the Horn

In Focus | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed builds tailored security strategy to fight Oromia rebels

Eritrea, Sudan
Red Sea ambitions of Isaias Afwerki thwarted

Somalia
President Hassan Sheikh bets the house on containing Al-Shabaab

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

Somalia
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's return marks key win for MbZ over Doha

Somalia
Abiy alliance takes a hit after Farmajo defeat in Somalia

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Isaias Afwerki

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Spotlight | Eritrea, Ethiopia Tigray leaders dangerously torn between Addis Ababa and Asmara

Eritrea, Ethiopia Eritrean diaspora's Brigade Nhamedu set to open Addis Ababa branch

Algeria Algiers spares no effort to push its candidate for AU Commission deputy chair

Eritrea, Ethiopia Eritreans detained in Ethiopia sue for release amid tense bilateral relations

Eritrea, Ethiopia Exiled Eritrean opposition strives to protect refugee compatriots

Eritrea, Ethiopia Eritrea's football team resurrected to face Ethiopia

Eritrea, Ethiopia AU enters final negotiations on Peace and Security Council line-up

Italy Rome summit to test Meloni's African diplomacy

Eritrea Eritrean Football Association and government clash over World Cup qualifiers

Spotlight | South Africa BRICS seeks to reinvent itself at Johannesburg summit

Sudan Sisi struggles to drum up interest in Sudan summit

Eritrea, Kenya Afwerki cosies up to Ruto at Abiy's expense

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Gulf and Asian countries keep a close eye on African and Western mediation in the Horn

In Focus | Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed builds tailored security strategy to fight Oromia rebels

Eritrea, Sudan Red Sea ambitions of Isaias Afwerki thwarted

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh bets the house on containing Al-Shabaab

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

Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's return marks key win for MbZ over Doha

Somalia Abiy alliance takes a hit after Farmajo defeat in Somalia

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Eritrea
In the face of Addis Ababa's ambitions, Eritrea looks for Red Sea support

Spotlight | Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tigray leaders dangerously torn between Addis Ababa and Asmara

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Eritrean diaspora's Brigade Nhamedu set to open Addis Ababa branch

Algeria
Algiers spares no effort to push its candidate for AU Commission deputy chair

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Eritreans detained in Ethiopia sue for release amid tense bilateral relations

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Exiled Eritrean opposition strives to protect refugee compatriots

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Eritrea's football team resurrected to face Ethiopia

Eritrea, Ethiopia
AU enters final negotiations on Peace and Security Council line-up

Italy
Rome summit to test Meloni's African diplomacy

Eritrea
Eritrean Football Association and government clash over World Cup qualifiers

Spotlight | South Africa
BRICS seeks to reinvent itself at Johannesburg summit

Sudan
Sisi struggles to drum up interest in Sudan summit

Eritrea, Kenya
Afwerki cosies up to Ruto at Abiy's expense

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa
Gulf and Asian countries keep a close eye on African and Western mediation in the Horn

In Focus | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed builds tailored security strategy to fight Oromia rebels

Eritrea, Sudan
Red Sea ambitions of Isaias Afwerki thwarted

Somalia
President Hassan Sheikh bets the house on containing Al-Shabaab

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

Somalia
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's return marks key win for MbZ over Doha

Somalia
Abiy alliance takes a hit after Farmajo defeat in Somalia