There are moments in diplomacy when silence is louder than words. And there are moments when a picture—deliberately chosen, officially circulated—does more damage than a thousand speeches. The map displayed this week in a video released by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister’s Office belon
Cairo didn’t dress it up in diplomatic fluff. In a sharply worded statement issued during General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s one-day visit, Egypt’s presidency laid out a position that is as much about Sudan’s survival as it is about Egypt’s own security. The message was blunt: Suda
The International Rescue Committee’s latest Global Humanitarian Crisis Watchlist offers a sobering snapshot of the world heading into 2026. Ethiopia now ranks among the top five most at-risk countries globally — alongside Sudan, Palestine, and South Sudan. This is not a symboli
Eritrea has formally withdrawn its membership from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday, marking a decisive break with a regional body it says has “forfeited its legal mandate and authority.” In a press release
When the United States released its National Security Strategy in November 2025, most observers fixated on China, Russia, EU and the shifting landscape in the Middle East. Few looked at the final pages—three compressed paragraphs under “Africa”—where Washington quietly rewrote ho
For anyone who has followed the AU’s behavior over the last two decades, the events of December 4 in Ethiopia were not shocking. They were simply the latest chapter in a long, predictable pattern: the African Union being instrumentalized by whichever Ethiopian government happens
The Resurgence of an Imperial Ghost The political landscape of the Horn of Africa was jolted in late 2023 by the resurgence of a decades-old ambition emanating from Addis Ababa. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government began a concerted campaign, articulating what it framed as Ethi
President Isaias Afwerki’s arrival in Port Sudan on Saturday was more than a diplomatic courtesy call. From the moment General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan greeted him at the outskirts of the city — in full military uniform, with senior ministers at his side — the choreography matched
There are moments in African politics when the truth hides in plain sight, yet the world pretends it sees fog. Sudan’s war is one of them. For nearly two years, analysts have wasted ink debating “complexity,” “dual narratives,” and “moral ambiguity.” It’s nonsense. Strip away the
Eritrea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Nov. 23, 2025 has issued one of its most comprehensive and forceful rebukes to date of Ethiopia’s ongoing campaign for “sovereign access” to the Red Sea, accusing Addis Ababa of reviving old expansionist doctrines under new language and at
In a move that has drawn notice among diplomats and aid officials in the Horn of Africa, Eritrea hosted a three-day technical workshop in Asmara last week with senior experts from the UN human rights system — an initiative that, according to UN officials, was proposed and reques
Within a few hours this week, a nearly identical paragraph began marching across Ethiopian state-linked accounts on X and Facebook. From the Ethiopian Embassy in Tokyo to embassy pages in Beijing and other missions, from MFA-adjacent pages to partisan activists, the same text app
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