I asked young Eritreans why they risk migration. This is what they told me
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...
Why a proposed Horn of Africa bloc could destabilise the larger region
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....
Regional integration: An antidote against rivalries and conflicts
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...
Anger in Somalia as sons secretly sent to serve in Eritrea military force
Somali women whose sons are missing after they were taken for military training, pray after a Reuters interview in Mogadishu, Somalia January 20, 2021....
Ethiopia accused of using ethnic profiling to target Tigrayans
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...
Following Ethiopia-Somaliland deal, Somalia looks to Eritrea, Egypt for help
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...
What’s behind Ethiopia’s overtures toward recognition of Somaliland?
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...
Eritrea, Egypt and Somalia cement ‘axis against Ethiopia’
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...
Egypt is building up a military mission in Somalia before the December deadline for Ethiopian troop withdrawal
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...
CPJ joins call for UN to continue scrutinizing human rights situation in Eritrea
The Committee to Protect Journalists and 29 other civil society organizations yesterday sent a letter to members of the United Nations Human Rights Council urging them...
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