Horn of Africa

Burhan says Sudan’s army fights only its enemies, not its people, and rejects any foreign-imposed peace. His speech after El-Fashir strikes a tone of unity and defiance.

When history threatens the comfort of power, the truth itself becomes the target. That is precisely what Eritrea faces today — a new wave of revisionism disguised as “analysis,” peddled by Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party (PP) activists and pseudo-intellectual circles such as “Horn

A line on X shouldn’t carry this much weight. But Ethiopian prominent activist Jawar Mohammed’s post does, because it does what official talking points can’t: it shows a country’s breaking point in minutes of raw, human grief.  “Ethiopian soldiers have begun posting videos of the

When adidas unveiled  Messi+10: Season 2 , its celebration of the next generation of football visionaries, one name stood out —  Lily Yohannes , the 18-year-old midfielder whose story spans continents but whose heart beats with unmistakable Eritrean pride. Born in Virginia to Eri

Eritrea’s environmental and agricultural leadership took center stage in October 2025 with a series of landmark events that underscored the country’s deep commitment to biodiversity, sustainable farming, and public health. Through national conferences and seminars convened by the

They said Abiy Ahmed would “unite Ethiopia” and make it the Singapore of Africa. Seven years later, the country can’t even pay its bills, hold its borders, or feed its people. Let’s stop pretending Ethiopia is a “rising power.” It’s a failed experiment kept on life support by for

In a rare and unfiltered interview with Zara Media, Jaal Jiregna Gudeta — senior adviser to Jaal Marroo, the leader of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) — delivered one of the most candid assessments yet of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recent war rhetoric on the Red Sea. His w

The map says it all. From the blood-red zones of Amhara and Benishangul-Gumuz to the orange cautions stretching across Oromia and Somali regions, Australia’s  Smartraveller  advisory paints Ethiopia not as a tourist destination — but as a country consumed by conflict, fear, and s

Eritrea and the Sultanate of Oman have agreed to strengthen bilateral trade and investment cooperation, following high-level talks held in Muscat between senior government officials from both nations. The Eritrean delegation, led by  Mr. Nusreddin Mohamed Saleh , Minister of Trad

It’s official now. Ethiopia’s economic “renaissance” has gone from sales pitch to slow-motion crash. Reuters confirmed this week that Addis Ababa’s debt restructuring talks have collapsed — bondholders walked out, the government admitted defeat, and legal action is on the table.

For a country once paraded as Africa’s “rising star,” Ethiopia’s latest poverty report reads like an obituary for a dream that never matured. The World Bank’s  Poverty & Equity Brief  paints a grim picture: nearly  four out of ten Ethiopians now live below the poverty line, up fr

In one of his strongest statements to date on the Nile dispute, Egyptian President  Abdel Fattah El-Sisi  used the opening of the  8th Cairo Water Week  to deliver a firm warning to Ethiopia over its handling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Addressing ministers, di