Conflict in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray has also signalled escalating hostilities between the neighbouring countries ...

“At any moment, war between Ethiopia and Eritrea could ... Addis Ababa’s access to the port was severed after Eritrea declared independence. Since then, the Red Sea port of Djibouti has ...

During the war, Eritrean forces crossed the border ... Afwerki waged a three-decade armed struggle that secured Eritrea's independence in 1993. Independent Eritrea, which is still led by Isaias ...

Six years after Ethiopia formally granted independence to its tiny neighbor on the Red Sea, the country is at war with Eritrea over disputed stretches of the two countries’ 600-mile border. Both sides ...

A Catholic bishop has warned of a “bloody confrontation” between Ethiopia and Eritrea as tensions escalate between them.

Officers release images of men they believe were fighting over Eritrean independence in Sheffield. Hundreds have reportedly detained in recent weeks as relations between the two countries worsen.

Eritrea was a province of Ethiopia and gained independence in 1993 after three decades of brutal war. This cut Ethiopia off from Assab port, now part of Eritrea, on the Red Sea (archived here).

Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he wants to have negotiations over access to the sea Landlocked Ethiopia has no intention of starting a war with neighbouring Eritrea in order to gain ...

“At any moment, war between Ethiopia and Eritrea could ... Addis Ababa’s access to the port was severed after Eritrea declared independence. Since then, the Red Sea port of Djibouti has ...