Tag: Eritrea

Sudan’s warring sides held three unannounced high-level talks in Bahrain in January

February 5, 2024

Senior leaders from Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly met three times in January for unannounced talks in Bahrain, the first ... Read More

Somalia: no mediation with Ethiopia until Somaliland port deal cancelled

January 19, 2024

The Ethiopia-Somalia feud continues as Mogadishu has called on Addis Ababa to retract its deal with Somaliland, ruling out on Thursday (18 January) any possible ... Read More

Ethiopian PM’s call for Red Sea port access sends jitters across Horn of Africa

November 10, 2023

Horn of Africa is concerned about a new war in the battle-scarred region after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s call for a direct port access ... Read More

Eritrean troops accused of ‘war crimes’ in Tigray after peace deal — Amnesty’s report

September 6, 2023

Eritrean soldiers, allied with Ethiopia’s government, committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity despite the signing of an agreement to end hostilities, when they ... Read More

Djibouti to host first IGAD Summit since 2019 from Monday

June 12, 2023

Djibouti is the venue from Monday June 12 for the 14th Ordinary Assembly of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Heads of State and Government, the ... Read More

UN sounds alarm over human rights situation deterioration in Eritrea

March 8, 2023

United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif, has described as “dire” the situation of human rights in Eritrea where the UN official ... Read More

African leaders to meet in Addis Ababa to fast-tract implementation of free-trade area

February 17, 2023

African leaders will hold a summit on Saturday and Sunday at the headquarters of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa with the aim of ... Read More

Eritrea’s President charges U.S. of supporting Tigrayan rebels

February 14, 2023

Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki has accused the U.S. of supporting Tigrayan rebels during the two-year civil war in northern Ethiopia adding that Washington forced to ... Read More

Angela Merkel to receive Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize in Yamoussoukro

February 7, 2023

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to receive Wednesday February 06 in the Ivorian capital of Yamoussoukro the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize which she ... Read More

Desert to Power initiative to light up the Sahel countries “showcased” at COP27

November 15, 2022

Launched in 2019 by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and its partners, the Desert to Power initiative to increase solar generation capacity to provide ... Read More