Eritrea, a Red Sea nation of approximately 3 to 6 million people, stands at a perilous crossroads in the Horn of Africa, a region already battered by conflict ...

The diplomatic landscape in the Horn of Africa has shifted dramatically since January 2024, when Ethiopia signed a ...

Eritrea’s capital, Asmara, has long fascinated curious travellers ... Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1991 after a 30-year war, becoming one of the youngest nations in the world.

Last September, Ethiopian Airlines, the country’s national carrier, was forced to suspend flights to Eritrea after it received a ban notice from Asmara and its bank accounts there were frozen.

Asmara has manoeuvred to counter Ethiopian influence in the region, forging deeper political relations with Egypt and Sudan via the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Even Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which ...