In this extract from Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa's Most Repressive State, author Martin Plaut reflects on Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. The president led his people through most of the ...

The current unelected president of Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki, has been in power since 1991. The diabolical dictator has outmaneuvered and outlived his political adversaries in the Horn of Africa for ...

Ethiopia and Eritrea say they are preparing for the possibility of war, with landlocked Ethiopia's claim it needs access to the Red Sea seen as a provocation by Eritrea. As tensions build, violence ...

As military tensions escalate between Ethiopia and Eritrea, AI-generated images and videos are inflaming animosity online.

Two years of fighting in Ethiopia is estimated to have resulted in the deaths of between 383,000 and 600,000 civilians and between 250,000 and 600,000 troops. A process of disengagement is currently ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia should concentrate on solving her internal issues amicably without dragging Eritrea, President Isaias Afwerki has said, noting that the Red Sea nation has "nothing to do with ...

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki denied any interference in neighboring Ethiopia as he announced a commitment to peace and regional cooperation in a rare public briefing. Isaias said he’s committed ...

Eritrea's president has blamed Washington for ongoing tensions between his country and neighboring Ethiopia, which have been in a state of near-conflict for almost two decades. Isaias Afwerki, who has ...

Longtime enemies Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea officially declared an end to one of Africa’s longest and bloodiest border disputes Monday, the latest breakthrough in the whirlwind first months of ...

Eritrea has reopened its embassy in Ethiopia as the leaders of both countries took another significant step in strengthening the peace process between two former sworn enemies. Ethiopia’s Prime ...