In fact, Friday’s vote at the UN Human Rights Council was a resounding victory. Only four states – China, Cuba, Bolivia, and ...

Today the UN Human Rights Council firmly rejected Eritrea’s attempt to end scrutiny of its human rights situation. Council ...

The Pretoria Peace Agreement, signed in November 2022, ended the Tigray war but excluded Eritrea from negotiations, a decision that sowed seeds of discord.

The first phase of the war lasted until mid-June 1998. Both sides used aircraft types available before the war. MiG-21 and MG-23BN by Ethiopia and Aermacchi MB-339 by Eritrea.

The TPLF main faction and Eritrea remain deeply hostile towards each other, and some reports reveal that Eritrean forces have not fully withdrawn from parts of Tigray, despite the war being over.

“At any moment, war between Ethiopia and Eritrea could break out,” he wrote. Eritrea was an Italian colony until 1951, when it fell under British control and became an autonomous part of Ethiopia.

Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia in the 1990s, which resulted in Ethiopia losing direct access to the sea. From 1998, the countries fought a two-year border war. Relations were finally normalised in ...

Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia in the 1990s, which resulted in Ethiopia losing direct access to the sea. From 1998, the countries fought a two-year border war.

Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in northern Ethiopia and regional experts have warned. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

But the peace deal signed in November 2022 drove a wedge between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which was not party to the negotiations. The TPLF, which runs Tigray's post-war interim administration with ...

Relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea have long been fraught. Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year fight for independence. The neighbours then fought a 1998-2000 border war.