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...
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...
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...
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,...
Asmara, 19 March 2019- The senior Eritrean delegation comprising Mr. Osman Sale, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Presidential Adviser Mr. Yeman Gebreab held second meeting in the morning hours of today, 19 March with President
Muse Bihi Abdi with a...
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...
Exactly a year ago Eritreans could hardly contain their joy as Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed touched down in Asmara. The city had seen nothing like it in a generation that knew war rather than peace. Men and women lined...
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...