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Editorial image of an angry Abiy Ahmed speaking at a microphone beside a stylized map of Eritrea and Ethiopia, with the words “return,” “sovereign right” and “Barentu” in a red, ochre and charcoal palette.

How Addis Ababa Is Building a War Narrative Against Eritrea

From the language of “return” to insinuations about Barentu, Ethiopia's ruling party is recasting territorial revisionism as reluctant self-defence. On 11 August,  Fana Media Corporation asked  whether Ethiopia's return to its “historic Red Sea coastline” was imminent. The most r

Composite: Habtom Zerai Ghirmai addressing a session at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Eritrea and the Diplomacy of Refused Isolation

The Africa Group's choice of an Eritrean diplomat to lead the 2026 UN Social Forum is neither a takeover of the Human Rights Council nor an absolution from scrutiny. It is something more consequential than the outrage allows: a sovereign African state returning to normal multilat

Editorial hero image showing Eritrea and the Red Sea on a regional map, with Eritrean and U.S. flags, a cargo ship, and sanctions imagery.

Sanctions, Sovereignty, and the Red Sea: A Critical Examination of Eritrea, Western Narratives, and the Reuters Framing

The recent indication that the United States may lift sanctions on Eritrea marks a significant moment in the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea. While Reuters frames the development as a strategic recalibration driven by shifting alliances and maritime tensions, th

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Inside Ethiopia’s State-Media Campaign Against Eritrea

Ethiopia’s state broadcaster has crossed another dangerous line. Then again, this is not new. And it almost certainly won’t be the last time. For months, EBC’s Amharic-language output has been full of this kind of messaging — blunt, emotional, territorial, and clearly aimed at a

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Berlin’s Sudan Conference Reeked of Colonial Tutelage

There was something deeply revealing about the Sudan conference staged in Berlin this week. It was presented as diplomacy. It was marketed as concern. It was wrapped in the language of humanitarian urgency and civilian-centered politics. But strip away the polished statements and

EU-Eritrea talks in Asmara

Why Eritrea Matters Again to the European Union

Brussels is not undergoing a moral conversion. It is responding to a harsher strategic map in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea. Annette Weber, the European Union’s Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, was in Asmara this week, and the visit matters less for any dramati

Africa Map

America First in Africa Means Interests First, Pretense Last

Washington has finally said it plainly. In a March 19 speech at the Powering Africa Summit, Senior Bureau Official Nick Checker laid out the Trump administration’s Africa policy in language that stripped away much of the old diplomatic wrapping. Africa, in this telling, is no lon

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Examining Sanctions Regime and the Systemic Adversity Applied on Eritrea’s Sovereignty: A Contextual Imperative

The discourses surrounding Eritrea, particularly in mainstream policy and media circles, have too often been stripped of essential context, resulting in a diagnostic failure. To address the symptoms, be it concerns over national service or civil liberties, without a rigorous audi

SATIRICAL EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION

RFI’s Eritrea–Ethiopia Piece Launders a Claim International Law Rejects

RFI’s February 22 piece tries to sound like a careful warning about a "widening rift" between Ethiopia and Eritrea. But the most consequential thing it does is much simpler: it normalizes an unlawful premise by handing it to a credentialed authority. That authority is Clionadh Ra

Crisis Group Bias

The “Powder Keg” Script: Crisis Group’s Eritrea Bias

International Crisis Group’s 18 February 2026 briefing advertises itself as conflict prevention. In reality, it performs something closer to narrative management: it repackages Ethiopia’s Red Sea ambition as a “grievance” to be accommodated, while keeping Eritrea boxed into the f

South Sudan

A Brief Understanding of South Sudan: Not a Forgotten Conflict but a Neglected One

South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, is teetering on the brink of a devastating return to full-scale war. While international attention is often diverted, the country is experiencing a severe political, humanitarian, and security crisis, fuelled by a collapsing peace deal, v

Trump Letter

Abiy Ahmed’s Strategic Isolation Is Now in Writing

What Addis Ababa has spent two years denying is now staring it in the face—on White House letterhead. The January 16 letter from  Donald Trump  to  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi  isn’t just about mediation. It’s a signal. Clear, deliberate, and consequential. Washington is aligning itself

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