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Eritrea Drawn with South Africa, Guinea, and Co-Hosts Kenya in AFCON 2027 Qualifiers

Eritrea has been drawn into Group D of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers alongside South Africa, Guinea, and co-hosts Kenya. This marks a challenging path for Eritrea as they aim for their first AFCON appearance.

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The Country That Wakes Before Dawn: Ethiopia’s Unraveling Political Landscape

Ethiopia's political landscape is increasingly fragmented and volatile, marked by rising insurgencies and opposition movements. The government's narrative of progress contrasts sharply with the realities of conflict and dissent across the country.

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Ethiopia, the UAE and the Real Game Behind Sudan’s War

Sudan's ongoing conflict has escalated into a regional struggle involving external actors like the UAE and Ethiopia, impacting civilian lives and state stability. The Rapid Support Forces have turned the war into a profitable enterprise, complicating the humanitarian crisis.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stands before a map highlighting Sudan, with the Horn of Africa and Red Sea region in the background.

Rubio’s Sudan Remarks Expose the Proxy War Behind Africa’s Worst Crisis

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio highlighted the proxy nature of Sudan's conflict, implicating external actors like Ethiopia and the UAE in the ongoing violence. The war has escalated into a regional crisis, fueled by foreign support and arms supply.

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Washington Moves to Lift Eritrea Sanctions as Asmara Sets the Record Straight

The United States is preparing to lift sanctions imposed on Eritrea, Reuters reported, in a move that could mark one of the clearest signs yet of a shifting Washington approach toward the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea corridor. Reuters, citing an internal U.S. government documen

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

The Fabled Hyena Over the Red Sea

Ethiopian Regimes and the Fabled Hyena

The preeminent author, historian and tegadalay Alemseged Tesfai brilliantly detailed the “consistently suicidal pursuit of successive Ethiopian regimes to own Eritrea or parts thereof” in his piece titled “March of Folly Re-enacted: A Personal View“. It was published 27 years ago

Ethiopia backing RSF

Abiy Ahmed’s Sudan Game Is Now in Plain Sight

The mask keeps slipping. A new report by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab says it has reached a high-confidence conclusion that military assistance to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces is taking place inside an Ethiopian National Defense Force base in Asosa, in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-

Abiy Ahmed's Ethiopia

Abiy Ahmed Can’t Hide Ethiopia’s Collapse Behind Diplomacy

You can lie in speeches. You can posture at summits. You can wrap failure in diplomatic language and hope the world only reads the headline. But official travel advisories have a way of cutting through the performance. They are written carefully, especially by countries that have

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Abiy Ahmed’s Shameful UN Vote Betrays Africa and Palestine

There are votes that expose a government’s priorities more clearly than any speech ever could. Ethiopia’s  “No”  vote at the UN Human Rights Council on 31 March, against a resolution reaffirming the illegality of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the o

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

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