The government of Eritrea has been working the corridors of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to try to end ...

Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 59th session (16 June-11 July 2025), we, the undersigned non-governmental organisations, are writing to urge your dele­gation to support the development ...

Eritrea, located in the Horn of Africa, seceded from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year war and became independent. Since then, it has been ruled by President Isaias Afwerki as an authoritarian, one ...

The TPLF main faction and Eritrea remain deeply hostile towards each other, and some reports reveal that Eritrean forces have not fully withdrawn from parts of Tigray, despite the war being over.

Ethiopia’s quest for access to the Red Sea has become a hotly debated topic on social media. Posts with a map of the Red Sea region in the Horn of Africa claim that Eritrea's port of Assab is ...

Ethiopia’s quest for access to the Red Sea has become a hotly debated topic on social media. Posts with a map of the Red Sea region in the Horn of Africa claim that Eritrea's port of Assab is located ...

But the peace deal signed in November 2022 drove a wedge between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which was not party to the negotiations. The TPLF, which runs Tigray's post-war interim administration with ...

Relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea have long been fraught. Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year fight for independence. The neighbours then fought a 1998-2000 border war.

Ethiopia and Eritrea shared long-standing turbulent relations marked by a brief period of tactical and opportunistic alliance where comprehensive and strategic cooperation is lacking.

Eritrea is still recovering from its war against the TPLF, while Ethiopia is grappling with two domestic insurgencies. “What everyone is trying to do is really to posture,” says Omar Mahmood, a senior ...