Eritrea

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Eritrea reopened its embassy in Ethiopia on Monday in further evidence of a rapid thaw between two countries that a week ago ended two decades of military stalemate over a border war in which tens of thousands died. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister...

Horndiplomat-The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has lifted the sanctions that were imposed on Eritrea the past years after countries in the Horn of Africa have opened a historic new chapter of normalizing their relations. The Somalia president Mohamed Abdilahi Mohamed "Farmajo" reacted on lifting of...

Horndiplomat-The President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmajo) to visit Eritrea tomorrow, Eritrea Minister of Information announces it. Horndiplomat Reports The Eritrean Minister of Information Yemane G. Meskel says President Isaias Afwerki has invited Mr Farmajo to visit Asmara. "On the invitation of President Isaias Afwerki,...

An Eritrean Public and Cultural Diplomacy delegation drawn from all walks of life is due to visit Ethiopia today, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nebiat Getachew, told journalists today that the visit aims to strengthen the...

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Horndiplomat-June 30, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday called up on Swedish judicial authorities to investigate the case of Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak who remains imprisoned in Eritrea. Eritrean president, Isias Afewerki (AFP Photo) RSF’s call...

Horndiplomat-According to Xinhua Net, East Africa's two long-time rivals, Ethiopia and Eritrea, are mulling steps to strengthen cultural and people-to-people links between the two countries. A cultural symposium held on Friday here brought together 500 participants drawn from both countries, including senior government officials from...

The renewed Djibouti-Eritrea border dispute is the first ripple effect of the Gulf crisis in Africa. by:Sultan Barakat @BARAKAT_Sultan Sultan Barakat is the director of Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute. by:Sansom Milton @SansomMilton Sansom Milton is a senior research fellow at the Doha Institute for...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed and President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea today officially opened the Debay Sima – Burre border point between the two countries for road transport connectivity. in a further step toward warmer ties between two countries that fought a war...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Thursday's meeting in Djibouti with the foreign ministers of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia with the Djiboutian head of diplomacy. The meeting, held on 6 September in Djibouti, resulted in the signing of a cooperation agreement between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. Through...

Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki held talks with the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed on Tuesday, which the Horn of Africa nation’s information ministry says focused on enhancing existing ties of cooperation between the two countries. Eritrea’s information minister Yemane Meskel said the...