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Coverage of Eritrea-related sanctions, legal records, diplomatic restrictions, and official U.S. and international actions.
Eritrea’s Minister of Information, Yemane G. Meskel , has accused Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party (PP) leadership of “collective historical amnesia” after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claimed this week that his government could find no official record explaining how Ethiopia “
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrived in Cairo on Wednesday morning for a five-day working visit at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi , marking another significant moment in the deepening ties between Asmara and Cairo. According to Eritrea’s Minis
Sovereignty — the sacred right of a people to chart their own destiny, guard their lands and waters, and govern themselves — is not lost in a single stroke, nor is it undone in a day. More often, it is tested, challenged, and chipped away, piece by piece, through strategies that
Abiy Ahmed’s latest parliamentary speech is not mere political theater — it is a dangerous escalation. His invocation of demographic conquest, his demand for Port of Assab, and his imperial posturing are not just offensive, they are destabilizing. This is not diplomacy. It is a d
The role of intellectuals, as Noam Chomsky reminds us, is to speak truth to power and to hold leaders accountable for their words and actions. Unfortunately, certain segments of Ethiopia’s political elite appear to have lost sight of this fundamental responsibility. Recently, Eth
Why “Who decided?” exposes the poverty of Ethiopia’s Red Sea narrative When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addressed Ethiopia’s parliament on October 28, 2025, his speech was less a policy statement and more a performance — part sermon, part threat. He spoke of peace, then hinted at w
It was supposed to be a day of military pride — Ethiopia’s "118th National Defence Forces Day". Flags, parades, speeches about sacrifice. Instead, Field Marshal Berhanu Jula - once held as a prisoner of war in Eritrea - used the occasion to do what Ethiopian generals have done to
Some stories never really age. Decades after Eritrea’s 1993 referendum, a certain breed of Ethiopian elites, including those “opposition” stalwarts who are waiting for Abiy to fall, have perfected the fine art of grievance-making. History, law, and basic logic? Mere props in the
Why the UN’s approach in Asmara may be the most important development story Africa isn’t talking about. The hall at the National Confederation of Eritrean Workers was full, alive with an energy I hadn’t felt before at any event hosted by international partners in Asmara. The even
The Government of Eritrea has submitted its Fourth Periodic Report on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) , covering the years 2020 to 2024 . It is a dense, data-rich document — 174 pages of policy detail, charts, and social indicators — that qu
As we recall, for the second time in just two weeks, Ethiopia has gone before the United Nations to accuse Eritrea of “supporting armed groups” inside its territory. No evidence. No coordinates. No captured fighters. Just a letter — carefully timed, theatrically phrased — and qui
For years, Ethiopian officials and state-aligned media have repeated a striking claim — that the country spends enormous sums each year on port access through Djibouti because Eritrea allegedly denied it a route to the Red Sea. The narrative, now echoed across speeches and social