Eritrea

Eritrea

Population: 4.5 million
GNI: $890 million
Debt: $720 million
Overview: Ineffectual mediation means the border dispute with Ethiopia continues. President Issayas Afeworki will still counter Ethiopia by backing Ogaden secessionists and Somali oppositionists.

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  • Vol 49 No 17
  • 22/08/2008

Bristling border

The United Nations has given up, the parties will not talk and the troops are face to face

  • Vol 49 No 13
  • 20/06/2008

Shooting war in Djibouti

The border battle at the mouth of the Red Sea looks more like Eritrean aggression

  • Vol 49 No 11
  • 23/05/2008

A dangerous invasion

Eritrea sent its troops into Djibouti, a small country with powerful allies

  • Vol 49 No 7
  • 28/03/2008

The border deadlock

The UN is casting around for big ideas to end the dangerous stalemate of the future of the border - but none have emerged yet

  • Vol 48 No 20
  • 05/10/2007

That troublesome border

The quarrel between Addis Ababa and Asmara over their common border and the political chaos in Somalia is intensifying. The heat turned up after the Ethiopia Eritrea Boundary Commission announced on 7 September that it would demarcate the border by t...

  • Vol 48 No 16
  • 03/08/2007

Boiling point

Eritrea and Ethiopia, whose leaders detest each other, are clashing on three regional issues. Moreover, hawks in Addis believe – rightly or wrongly – that Ethiopia's support for the 'War on Terror' will shield it from any pressure from the United States' ...

  • Vol 48 No 13
  • 22/06/2007

WARRIORS BY PROXY

With Somalia looking more settled, Ethiopia has been looking towards Eritrea, which it sees as the regional spoiler. On 8 June, Addis Ababa wrote to the United Nations Security Council President calling for Chapter VII sanctions against Eritrea, in or...

  • Vol 48 No 9
  • 27/04/2007

The Jihadists' friend

Eritrea now condemns foreign involvement in Somalia. Last year, it sent large quantities of arms and fighters, and a training mission, to the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), then in power. In January, President Issayas Afeworki sent a minister to Nairobi ...

  • Vol 47 No 11
  • 26/05/2006

Omissions

The latest meeting of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, in London on 17 May, started badly, with the Commission President, Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC of Britain, irritated by news reports suggesting the process was now led by the United States. Ethi...

  • Vol 47 No 6
  • 17/03/2006

Tentative

Secret talks in London on 10 March between American lawyers may help unblock the border dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia, that killed 50-100,000 people in 1998-2000. Both governments were coaxed into joining talks with the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary...

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