Highlighting Recent Eritrea – Kenya Engagement

Eritrea continues to establish and deepen ties with a growing number of partners, large and small, both from within the region and across the world. BY FIKREJESUS AMHAZION (Ph.D.) Earlier this week, President Isaias Afwerki travelled to Kenya to meet with President William Ruto, following up on the latter’s visit to Eritrea late last year. […]

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President Isaias Afwerki on Official Visit to Kenya

BY MOI-ERITREA President Isaias Afwerki on invitation from President William Ruto of the Republic of Kenya arrived in Nairobi, in the morning hours of today, 08 February for a two-day official visit. Upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, President Isaias was accorded a warm welcome by Dr. Alfred Nganga Mutua, Minister of Foreign […]

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Institute for Security Studies (ISS) – An Outfit in Desperate Need of Reform

If ISS wants to remain a relevant voice in the UN reform process, it needs to clean its own house first. BY SARA TESFAY The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reports that as the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to develop, it is concerned about scams, negligent business practice, and misinformation.

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Is Another Regional Alliance what the Horn of Africa Needs?

BY SELAM TADESSE DEMISSIE The new regional cooperation between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia come amid a long history of distrust and unresolved boundary disputes between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Djibouti and Eritrea, and Kenya and Somalia. It also comes on the heels of internationally praised rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

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Ethiopia and Eritrea Seek to Boost South Sudan Peace Deal

Their visit comes amid increasing warnings that a deal signed last year to end South Sudan’s civil war is falling apart. BY AFP The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea met South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Monday seeking to breathe new life into a flagging peace agreement signed six months ago between his government and rebels.

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