Northern Ethiopia is growing increasingly tense two and a half years after the Tigray peace deal. Eritrea appears intent on ...

Two and a half years after a peace deal, Eritrea appears intent on sowing instability. A new report traces how Asmara has ...

War with the neighbours In 1993, on the eve of the second anniversary of Eritrea's independence, the ex-fighters protested and asked their leaders to listen to their grievances.

Once hailed as part of a new generation of reformist African leaders, Eritrea's president, who recently marked 32 years in power, has long defied expectations. Isaias Afwerki now spends much of his ...

More than 100 people were injured in violent clashes in Tel Aviv between Eritrean government supporters celebrating an Eritrea Day event and opponents of President Isaias Afwerki.

ALGIERS, Dec. 12 -- Ethiopia and Eritrea formally ended their two-year war today, signing a peace agreement that halts a conflict which began over a barren patch of land and ended only after ...

The violence broke out around an event organized by the Eritrean embassy to mark Revolution Day on Sept. 1, which commemorates the start of the Eritrean War of Independence against Ethiopia in 1961.

Ethnic rebellions were common during this time, including the Ethiopian Civil War and the Eritrean War of Independence. In 1975, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) was formed.

Jehovah’s Witnesses, who are by faith conscientiously opposed to war, declined to take part in the Eritrean War of Independence, waged between Ethiopian separatists and the Ethiopian government ...

Eritrea and Ethiopia have been fierce rivals since the mid-1990s—shortly after Eritrea officially gained independence with Ethiopian consent in 1993.Economic tensions and border disputes led to ...

Eritrea, a former Italian colony, has been at war for almost four decades. For 30 years, it waged a war of independence from Ethiopia, the second colonial power, only gaining its freedom in 1991.

The region has endured numerous conflicts, including the Somali Civil War, the Eritrean War of Independence, the South Sudan War of Independence, intermittent disputes between Eritrea and Ethiopia ...