Eritrea

By: Horndiplomat Staff writer Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Eritrea on Thursday for a one-day visit, the information ministry announced, as part of an African tour aimed at drumming up support for Moscow.

By: Hassan Jama, Horndiplomat regional contributor Eritrea on Wednesday confirmed its fourth case of the coronavirus (Covid-19) and also banned all commercial flights. Horndipomat reports Eritrea has also announced that so far four people were tested positive for coronavirus. The following statement was issued today by Eritrea...

This additional assistance brings EU humanitarian aid to the Horn of Africa region (including Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti) to nearly €260m since the beginning of the year. “The situation in Horn of Africa has drastically deteriorated in 2017 and it keeps getting worse. Millions...

Ethiopia has said it will now accept the terms of a peace deal signed in 2000 that it had up until now not fully accepted. The news came hours after Ethiopia lifted a state of emergency. Ethiopia has announced it will fully accept the terms...

Massawa, 09 February 2019-  President Alpha Conde of the Republic of Guinea arrived in Massawa today, 9 February, for an official visit in Eritrea. Upon arrival at the Massawa International Airport, President Alpha Conde was awarded warm welcome by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and other...

By:Horndiplomat Staff Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met in Riyadh today and discussed bilateral relations and comprehensive Red Sea cooperation. According to Yemane G. Meskel Eritrean Information Minister, President Isaias Afwerki underlined in the meeting that the profound economic...

Asmara, 06 September 2018- President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed has returned home in the afternoon hours of today, 6 September, concluding a two-day official visit in Eritrea. President Mohammed Abdullahi was seen off at the Asmara International Airport by...

Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have planned to build an oil pipeline linking Eritrea’s port city of Assab and Addis Ababa. This was revealed today during a meeting between Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed and Reem Al Hashimy, UAE’s Minister of State for...

By Awad Mustafa Two overseas Arab military garrisons are being established to secure a hold over one of the world’s most crucial chokepoints, right across the waters from Arabia. The military expansion is a clear reflection of a need felt across the Gulf Arab capitals to...

The port of Massawa to serve Ethiopia’s import and export commodities, the Port Administration said. According to Head of Massawa Port Administration Layne Asfahaley, the port has gone through major renovation process to enable it to provide service for Ethiopia. A delegation of Ethiopian business community...