Ethiopia and Eritrea at a Crossroads: Who Wins, Who Loses, and What Comes Next?

A strategic assessment of two nations’ strengths, vulnerabilities, and choices, four plausible futures, and a roadmap toward lasting peace. Two Nations, One Unavoidable Strategic Reality Ethiopia and Eritrea are approaching another dangerous crossroads. …

Russia offers to help modernize Eritrea’s ports and railways after Isaias meets transport minister in Moscow

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during talks with Russian Transport Minister Dmitry Yadrov in Moscow, in a still from a video released by Russia’s Transport Ministry and shared on October 31, 2026. Photo: Sputnik Africa (@sputnik_africa) via X Russian …

UN experts urge Eritrea to free people held for decades without trial and reveal the fate of the disappeared

[file photo] A street in Asmara, Eritrea, in an image shared by UN Special Procedures with its statement on arbitrary detention in Eritrea on October 30, 2026. Photo: UN Special Procedures (@UN_SPExperts) via X UN human rights experts have called on …

Eritrea Urged to End Arbitrary Detention and Reveal Fate of Missing People

UN experts have raised grave concerns over arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances in Eritrea, describing patterns of abuse that have continued with impunity since 1991. They said people have been arrested and held without charges or trial, with no …

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The port of Assab and the risk of an Ethiopia-Eritrea war

'Existential necessity' It is not surprising that a country of Ethiopia's size should want to diversify its maritime outlets and secure reliable access to global markets, but however legitimate its economic needs may be, they confer no …

Ethiopia And Eritrea Have Severed Diplomatic Ties, Threatening Regional Peace In The Horn Of Africa

Eritrea has cut ties with Ethiopia amid conflict in the Horn of Africa. According to BBC, the diplomatic collapse came after Ethiopia announced it was closing its embassy in Asmara, Eritrea’s capital. The cutting of ties happened after the Ethiopian …

Eritrea: Surgery to Correct Congenital Deformities Performed on Children

Halibet National Referral Hospital, in collaboration with the Italian orthopedic team “Annuliamo La Distanza,” is conducting corrective surgery on children under the age of 15 with congenital and acquired joint deformities. Prof. Elzein Hashim, head of …

Putin urges Russia, Eritrea to boost trade and economic cooperation

MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. Russia and Eritrea should devote more attention to developing trade and economic ties, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. "As for Russian-Eritrean relations, …