From left, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. AFP
Hamza Hendawi
Tuesday October 15, 2024
Egyptian military advisers, trainers and counter-terrorism commandos support Somali forces in fight against Al Shabab militants
Egypt is...
Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki (R) has been holding talks with his Egyptian counterpart Abdul Fattah al-Sisi (C) and Somalia's Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (L) in Asmara. Eritrean Information Ministry
Thursday October 10, 2024
By Teklemariam Bekit
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea...
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and visiting Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held bilateral talks in Asmara, the Eritrea's capital.
During the "extensive" meeting on Sunday, the two leaders discussed regional issues, including Somalia's fight against militants, Eritrean Information Minister Yemane...
At a time when Israel’s shipping through Red Sea has been blocked by Ansarallah in Yemen, control over the coast of Somaliland to its south across the Gulf of Aden, has become strategically crucial for Western powers, Elias Amare,...
The deal granting Ethiopia access to Somaliland’s coastline has raised the ire of Somalia, which considers Somaliland as part of its territory.
The recent agreement struck between Ethiopia and Somaliland continues to reverberate across the region, while Somalia, which claims...
Daughter of former PM says she was prevented from leaving country because of her heritage
The daughter of a former Ethiopian prime minister has accused the government of preventing her from leaving the country because of her Tigrayan heritage, highlighting...
Somali women whose sons are missing after they were taken for military training, pray after a Reuters interview in Mogadishu, Somalia January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Ali Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security...
BY MULUGETA GUDETA
The Horn of Africa is increasingly becoming a region with growing military strategic and economic assets. Great economic powers such as the United States, China, the Gulf States, and some European countries are vying for control, influence...
Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki (left), Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (right) and Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.
Relations in the Horn of Africa are complex and complicated. They are characterised by deeply ingrained rivalries between Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia in a conflict-ridden...
An Eritrean migrant leaves a detention facility near Nitzana in the Negev Desert in Israel, near border with Egypt. EPA-EFE/Jim Hollander
Isaias was 16 when he escaped from Sa’wa, the military training camp for final-year high school students in Eritrea. His parents came...