There are growing concerns over the possibility of armed conflict between Horn of Africa neighbours, Ethiopia and Eritrea, as hostile rhetoric has ratcheted up in recent weeks. Landlocked Ethiopia's ...

I had escaped the 1998 Ethiopian-Eritrean war as a child. I did not anticipate experiencing such an attack on our democracy ...

The government in Eritrea's capital, Asmara, has long accused Igad of siding with Ethiopia in regional disputes. Eritrea ...

Analysis - The respected Brussels-based think tank, the International Crisis Group, has identified three conflicts in Africa as among the 10 world-wide which – following a violence-wracked 2025 – are ...

As states disregard limits on the lawful use of force, this may be just the beginning of a slide into frequent war.

Few geopolitical questions in the Horn of Africa carry as much symbolic and strategic weight as Ethiopia’s demand for access to the sea. Landlocked since ...

Today, Eritrean forces control large swathes of Ethiopian territory as a direct result of Asmara’s involvement in the two-year northern war, which ended in November 2022. Areas like Irob, Badme, ...

My recent appearance on Al Jazeera’s Head to Head with Mehdi Hasan triggered a storm in Ethiopia – and among the many non-Ethiopians who have made a habit of lecturing Ethiopians about Ethiopia. Some ...

This video examines the reasons behind Eritrea’s separation from Ethiopia. It looks at colonial legacies, armed conflict, and the long road to independence.

The United Nations on Friday urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to respect each other's territorial integrity, voicing concern over "renewed tensions" between the two neighbouring countries. For months, the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Eritrea on Friday withdrew from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, accusing the East African regional bloc of nations of acting against the country's interests. At ...