Sweden said Friday it believed Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, held without trial in Eritrea for 24 years with no news of his fate, was still alive. The claim came after the Swedish ...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a press release on Monday calling for the release of thousands of people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea. The release ...

Eritrea has announced its withdrawal from IGAD saying the East African regional bloc has strayed from its founding principles and failed to contribute to regional stability. Asmara decision, announced ...

The Algiers Agreement, signed 25 years ago, ended a bloody border conflict between the two countries in the Horn of Africa. But more recently, tensions have been rising again. It has been 25 years ...

Eritrea, under its President Isaias Afwerki, has had a turbulent relationship with its Horn of Africa neighbours Eritrea has withdrawn from East African regional bloc Igad, accusing the organisation ...

Eritrea has withdrawn from East African regional bloc Igad, accusing the organisation of "becoming a tool against" countries like itself. In a statement on Friday, Eritrea's foreign ministry said Igad ...

Eritrea has once again withdrawn from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), accusing the regional bloc of undermining its own relevance and targeting Asmara in its operations. The ...

Ethiopia had only just emerged from 20 years of war with neighbouring Eritrea, when its prime minister, Abiy Ahmed launched a brutal new conflict in the northern Tigray region. For two years, the ...

Ethiopia 's leader loves big projects. With a contentious mega-dam completed on the Nile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed now plans Africa's largest airport and a nuclear power plant. But the landlocked ...