Eritrea – Ethiopia: Respect for International Law, the Way Forward

By Sophia Tesfamariam, 13 April 2016 will mark the 14th anniversary of the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission’s (EEBC) “final and binding” delimitation decision and unfortunately, neither the UN Security Council, nor guarantors and witnesses to the Algiers Agreements, have mustered the political will to enforce the EEBC’s final and binding delimitation and demarcation decisions, emboldening […]

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U.S. and Ethiopia Risking All their Eggs in one Unstable Djibouti Basket

By Ambassador Herman Cohen, There are some intriguing new developments in the Red Sea region. Eritrea has joined the “Islamic Coalition Against Terrorism.” What is so interesting about that? Well, the list of countries in that coalition are all good friends of the United States. American arms exporters make lots of dinars selling to those friends. […]

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AU Striving to Normalize Eritrea – Djibouti Relation

By AU-PSC, THE AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smaïl Chergui, visited the Republic of Djibouti and the State of Eritrea in the context of the relevant decisions of the AU policy organs, regarding the situation in the Horn of Africa on 19 April and on 6 May 2014, respectively. During his visits, the Commissioner […]

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Willing to talk to President Afwerki

By Aljazeera, Hailemariam Desalegn, Ethiopia’s prime minister, has said that he is willing to hold talks with neighbouring Eritrea, with whom Addis Ababa fought a border war that ended in 2000. If Desalgen follows through with Wednesday’s statement, it will be the first time a leader in Addis Ababa has held talks with Issaias Afeworki, the Eritrean […]

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